briefly.
In a brief manner, summarily.
Meaning & usage
In a brief manner, summarily.
He covered the subject briefly in his book.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly.
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