Associations to the word «Briefly»

Wiktionary

BRIEFLY, adverb. (manner) In a brief manner, summarily.
BRIEFLY, adverb. (duration) For a brief period.
BRIEFLY, adverb. (speech act) To be brief, in short.

Dictionary definition

BRIEFLY, adverb. For a short time; "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly associated with IBM".
BRIEFLY, adverb. 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".

Wise words

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Thomas Jefferson