briefly

From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiːfli/

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• Rhymes: -iːfli

briefly (comparative more briefly, superlative most briefly)

1. (manner) In a brief manner, summarily.

   He covered the subject briefly in his book.

2. (duration) For a brief period.

   He only worked here briefly.

3. To be brief, in short.

   Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.

• (in a brief manner): in summarization, concisely, in short, in a word, to sum up
• (for a brief period): fleetingly, summarily, temporarily, transiently; see also Thesaurus:temporarily