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briefe

briefe is the obsolete spelling of brief.

Meaning of brief

Adjective

brief (comparative briefer or more brief, superlative briefest or most brief)

  1. Of short duration; happening quickly.
    • Her reign was brief but spectacular.
    Synonyms:
    temporal
  2. Concise; taking few words.
    • His speech of acceptance was brief but moving.
  3. Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.
    • On the beach he always wore a straw hat with a red band and a brief pair of leopard print trunks.1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin, published 2009, page 17
  4. (obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.

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Questions about briefe

What is briefe the obsolete spelling of?
Briefe is the obsolete spelling of brief.

Words near briefe in the dictionary

  1. briefcase computers
  2. briefcased
  3. briefcaseful
  4. briefcasefuls
  5. briefcases
  6. briefe
  7. briefed
  8. briefed against
  9. briefen
  10. briefened
  11. briefening

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Adapted from Wiktionary: briefe (page history and authors); brief (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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