briefly
In a brief manner, summarily.
Example
“He covered the subject briefly in his book.”
Other meanings
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.”
Synonyms
- shortly
- in brief
Word history
From Middle English "breefly".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “briefly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.