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11briefly — adverb 1) tell me as briefly as you can Syn: concisely, succinctly 2) Henry paused briefly Syn: momentarily, temporarily, fleetingly 3) briefly, the plot is as follows Syn …
12briefly */*/ — UK [ˈbriːflɪ] / US [ˈbrɪflɪ] adverb 1) a) in a way that does not take much time or give many details Tell me briefly what your story is about. b) used when you are about to say something without many details Briefly, there are three principal… …
13briefly — adverb a) In a brief manner, summarily. He covered the subject briefly in his book. b) For a brief period. He only worked here briefly …
14briefly — adverb 1) Henry paused briefly Syn: momentarily, temporarily, for a moment, fleetingly 2) briefly, the plot is as follows Syn: in short, in brief, to make/cut a long story short, in a word, in sum, in a nutshell, in …
15briefly — [ˈbriːfli] adv 1) in a way that does not take much time or give many details Tell me briefly what your story is about.[/ex] 2) for a short time I saw her briefly yesterday before she left for the airport.[/ex] …
16briefly — adv. Briefly is used with these verbs: ↑appear, ↑chat, ↑consider, ↑describe, ↑detain, ↑disappear, ↑discuss, ↑elaborate, ↑entertain, ↑examine, ↑explain, ↑ …
17briefly — (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Concisely] Syn. in a few words, in a word, succinctly, concisely, in brief, in short, in sum, in a nutshell, in capsule form, in outline, shortly, curtly, abruptly, brusquely, laconically, tersely, summarily, to be brief,… …
18briefly — brief ► ADJECTIVE 1) lasting a short time. 2) concise; using few words. 3) (of clothing) not covering much of the body. ► NOUN 1) chiefly Brit. a summary of the facts in a case given to a barrister to argue in court. 2) informal a solicitor or… …
19briefly — Synonyms and related words: accurately, aphoristically, bluntly, brusquely, compendiously, concisely, crisply, curtly, economically, exactly, fleetingly, flickeringly, flittingly, for a moment, hastily, hurriedly, in a capsule, in a nutshell, in… …
20briefly — adv. in short, in an abbreviated manner …
