briefly

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ADJ.

closed, covered, important, musical, needed, stated, turned

The main points were briefly stated at the start of the meeting.

VERB + BRIEFLY

chatted, eyes, flirted, glanced, let, paused, put, spoke

She glanced briefly at her phone before putting it away.

BRIEFLY + NOUN

communism, d, fault, hobsbawm's, it's, newspaper, savour, thesis

The newspaper briefly mentioned the scandal before moving on to other stories.

PREP.

down, in, with

She went down to the store briefly to pick up some milk.

ADV.

clearly, only

She only briefly mentioned the incident before moving on to other topics.

Definitions

adv

1

In a brief manner, summarily.

He covered the subject briefly in his book.

2

For a brief period.

He only worked here briefly.

Instead, ddakji was played for dramatic effect earlier in the season — pitting two men who had forged a sweet bond against each other, making one of them briefly believe he’d been eliminated by his friend.

3

To be brief, in short.

Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.

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adverb — in a concise manner

concisely
shortly

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He covered the subject briefly in his book.

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He only worked here briefly.

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Instead, ddakji was played for dramatic effect earlier in the season — pitting two men who had forged a sweet bond against each other, making one of them briefly believe he’d been eliminated by his fr

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To put it briefly, I do not agree.

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Briefly stated, Hobsbawm's thesis is that the history of the twentieth century is that of the decline of civilization.

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06

State your case briefly.

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