briefly
Etymology
From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly.
adv
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(manner) In a brief manner, summarily. He covered the subject briefly in his book. -
(duration) For a brief period. He only worked here briefly. -
To be brief, in short. Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.
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