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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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

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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. Fox News ' Todd Starnes:

    Once again he refuses to acknowledge what we all know: this was the work of Islamic extremists, the president spoke briefly, using words like 'defeat' and 'degrade.' Degrade? ISIS does not need to be degraded. They need to be destroyed. Obliterated. Wiped off the face of the Earth.

  2. Carson Cowles:

    I actually talked to him on the phone briefly for just a few moments and he was saying,' well I'm outside target practicing with my new gun,' nobody in my family had seen anything like this coming.

  3. Christopher Morley:

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

  4. Bill Sellars:

    This was the first time the Ottoman Empire recorded a major military victory against world powers for 150-odd years, the empire was in decline. The 18th of March marked a point where that tide at least briefly was stemmed.

  5. Christopher Morley:

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

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