Associations to the word «Briefly»
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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
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.