briefly

Words with a similar base: briefly

'briefly'

[briefly.r.01] as in: for a short time

Examples:
she visited him briefly
was briefly associated with IBM

'briefly'

[concisely.r.01] as in: in a concise manner; in a few words

Examples:
the history is summed up concisely in this book
she replied briefly
briefly, we have a problem
to put it shortly

Origins

					briefly (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── brief (English)
    └── brief (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── brevis (Latin)

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