briefly   (Sound)

The adv briefly has 2 senses

• briefly -- (for a short time; "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly associated with IBM")


• concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief, in short -- (in a concise manner; in a few words; "the history is summed up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly"; "briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly")