Briefly - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbriːflɪ|  American pronunciation of the word briefly
Brit.  |ˈbriːflɪ|  British pronunciation of the word briefly

adverb

- for a short time
she visited him briefly
was briefly associated with IBM
- in a concise manner; in a few words (syn: shortly)
she replied briefly
briefly, we have a problem

Extra examples

Several important issues are only briefly mentioned.

Please briefly describe your experience.

We briefly considered canceling the trip.

We stopped off briefly in London.

Sonia explained briefly what we had to do.

Briefly, I think we should accept their offer.

The whale surfaced briefly then dove under again.

We paused briefly to look at the scenery.

...after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries...

She appeared on the show, albeit briefly.

We hugged briefly, and then it was time to say goodbye.

If I can digress for a moment, I'd like to briefly mention her earlier films.

...stopped briefly to tighten the lacing on his shoe...

Warming himself ever so briefly had shaken away the lethargy and resignation and restored his will to survive.

...the head coach was briefly suspended after launching into a foul-mouthed philippic during a press conference...

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