2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Briefly \Brief"ly\, adv
Concisely; in few words
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
briefly
adv 1: for a short time; "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly
associated with IBM"
2: 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" [syn: {concisely},
{shortly}, {in brief}, {in short}]
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