briefly
Use Briefly in a sentence
li adverb
1.
for a short duration: He stopped over briefly in Chicago.
2.
in a few words: Let me explain briefly.
3.
in a brief manner; quickly or brusquely: She nodded briefly and began to speak.
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brief (briːf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Briefly
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
briefly
c.1300, from brief (adj.). As an introduction to a statement, "in short," recorded from 1510s.
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Example sentences
He briefly joined a club team, but the level of play was so primitive he soon lost interest and turned to coaching swimming.
Briefly return to oven to toast almonds, then sprinkle with sugar and serve.
More hints of a cosmic arrow come from studies of supernovae, stellar cataclysms that briefly outshine entire galaxies.
She goes there much less often and stays only briefly.
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