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Briefly
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| brief (briːf) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | short in duration: a brief holiday |
| 2. | short in length or extent; scanty: a brief bikini |
| 3. | abrupt in manner; brusque: the professor was brief with me this morning |
| 4. | terse or concise; containing few words: he made a brief statement |
| —n | |
| 5. | a condensed or short statement or written synopsis; abstract |
| 6. | law a document containing all the facts and points of law of a case by which a solicitor instructs a barrister to represent a client |
| 7. | RC Church a letter issuing from the Roman court written in modern characters, as contrasted with a papal bull; papal brief |
| 8. | short for briefing |
| 9. | a paper outlining the arguments and information on one side of a debate |
| 10. | slang (Brit) a lawyer, esp a barrister |
| 11. | hold a brief for to argue for; champion |
| 12. | in brief in short; to sum up |
| —vb (foll by against) | |
| 13. | to prepare or instruct by giving a summary of relevant facts |
| 14. | to make a summary or synopsis of |
| 15. | English law |
| a. to instruct (a barrister) by brief | |
| b. to retain (a barrister) as counsel | |
| 16. | See also briefs to supply potentially damaging or negative information regarding somone, as to the media, a politician, etc |
| [C14: from Old French bref, from Latin brevis; related to Greek brakhus] | |
| 'briefly | |
| —adv | |
| 'briefness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
briefly
c.1300, from brief (adj.). As an introduction to a statement, "in short," recorded from 1510s.
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