Definitions for Briefly
brief·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brieflyadverb

   for a short time

   "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly associated with IBM"

2. concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief, in shortadverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brieflyadverb

   In a brief manner, summarily.

   He covered the subject briefly in his book.

2. brieflyadverb

   For a brief period.

   He only worked here briefly.

3. brieflyadverb

   To be brief, in short.

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

4. Etymology: perhaps a calque of briement

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brieflyadverb

   Concisely; in few words.

   Etymology: from brief.

   I will speak in that manner which the subject requires; that is, probably, and moderately, and briefly. Francis Bacon.

   The modest queen a while, with downcast eyes,
   Ponder’d the speech; then briefly thus replies. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. briefly

   Briefly refers to a short duration of time, conciseness or succinctness in expression or action. It often implies a concise manner or a temporary moment.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brieflyadverb

   concisely; in few words

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Briefly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3167

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Briefly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2316

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Briefly' in Adverbs Frequency: #232

How to pronounce Briefly?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Briefly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Briefly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Briefly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Briefly in a Sentence

1. Julian Glover:

   We only passed each other briefly and she was in a different year to me, but despite that, she stands out in my memory as a sort of strange, unfocused force, hugely in favor of action and change, it was always hard to see the aim of it all, or where it might lead, except that she would be at the center of it.

2. Kyle Stanley:

   I wouldn't say heated, we talked about it briefly, i was kind of caught off guard that it even came up really.

3. Mark McGwire:

   I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989/1990 offseason and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again, i used them on occasion throughout the ‘90s, including during the 1998 season.

4. Christopher Morley:

   My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated, but not signed.

5. Hirokazu Kabeya:

   There are some hopes that a series of Chinese economic data due early next week will give investors relief, traditionally Chinese shares perform relatively well around the time of lunar new year and Shanghai shares also appear to be supported around the 3,000 mark even as they briefly fell below that level yesterday.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Briefly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Briefly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Briefly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Briefly