Definitions for briefly



Overview of adv briefly

The adv briefly has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (10) briefly

(for a short time; "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly associated with IBM")

2. (9) concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief, in short

(in a concise manner; in a few words; "the history is summed up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly"; "briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly")

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