briefly
/ˈbɹiːfli/
briefly adverb: in a brief manner, summarily.
Adverb
briefly (comparative more briefly, superlative most briefly)
- In a brief manner, summarily.
- He covered the subject briefly in his book.
- For a brief period.
- He only worked here briefly.
- Instead, ddakji was played for dramatic effect earlier in the season — pitting two men who had forged a sweet bond against each other, making one of them briefly believe he’d been eliminated by his friend.2023 December 7, Maya Salam, “‘Squid Game: The Challenge’: Hits, Misses and the Bizarre Ending”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2023
- Synonyms:
- fleetingly
- To be brief, in short.
- Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.
briefly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
briefly in Hindi
- briefly, in brief, in short, concisely, summarily, succinctly
- संक्षिप्त saṅkṣipt, संक्षेपतः saṅkṣeptaḥ
briefly in Tamil
- சுருக்கமாக
briefly in Urdu
- in a brief manner
- مُخْتَصَراً muxtasaran
briefly in Bengali
- সংক্ষেপে, সংক্ষিপ্তভাবে, সঙ্কেতে
More languagesFewer languages
- briefly in Malayalam
- ചുരുക്കം curukkaṁ, ചുരുക്കത്തിൽ curukkattil
- briefly in Assamese
- চমুকে somuke, চুটিকে sutike, চমুকৈ somukoi, চুটিকৈ sutikoi
- briefly in Arabic
- بِاِخْتِصَار biiḵtiṣār
Examples of briefly in a sentence
- They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track.
- The lights dimmed briefly when the air conditioning was turned on.
- Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.
Synonyms of briefly
- in summarization
- concisely
- in short
- in a word
- to sum up
- fleetingly
- summarily
- temporarily
- transiently
Forms of briefly
| comparative | more briefly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most briefly |
Origin of briefly
From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly.
Words that rhyme with briefly
Questions about briefly
- What does briefly mean?
- Briefly means in a brief manner, summarily.
- What is briefly in Hindi?
- Briefly in Hindi is संक्षिप्त (saṅkṣipt), संक्षेपतः (saṅkṣeptaḥ). See Briefly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is briefly?
- Briefly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce briefly?
- Briefly is pronounced /ˈbɹiːfli/.
Words near briefly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: briefly (page history and authors); संक्षिप्त (Hindi) (page history and authors); briefly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); briefly (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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