How to use briefly in a sentence

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• They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track.From the entry track
• The lights dimmed briefly when the air conditioning was turned on.From the entry dim
• Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.From the entry review
• The axle broke and the wheel windmilled in place briefly before careening through the wall.From the entry windmill
• She said that the unidentified flying object then turned around, zoomed to a higher altitude, and loitered briefly before speeding off.From the entry unidentified flying object
• Prince Charles spent the night in the hospital after he took a tumble off his horse yesterday while playing polo and briefly lost consciousness.From the entry take a tumble
• Here you are looking at a flattened and briefly fried piece of cod - the ease!2025 November 14, Helen Graves, “Supersize Me! Everything bagel fried fish with fennel, apple and red chilli slaw”, in Flavour Nuggets…. From the entry schnitzely
• One man briefly told the story of his uncle, writing, 'I know my dad cherished Charlie's memory.2024, Ann-Marie Foster, “Extending Legacy”, in Family Mourning After War and Disaster in Twentieth-century Britain, Oxford, Oxfordshire…. From the entry death penny
• It means, just like a butterfly briefly visits many flowers, you will briefly visit many different girls.2022 December 9, Darren C, “Paying For Bar Girls, Sex in Pattaya”, in Pattaya Unlimited. From the entry butterfly
• Let us briefly define the property of systems with self-organized criticality.2022, Zhengbing Hu, Sergey Petoukhov, Matthew He, Advances in Artificial Systems for Medicine and Education V (page 69). From the entry autogenerator
• The two-hour debate was briefly stalled by a technical difficulty with the moderators’ microphones.2019 June 27, Lauren Gambino, “Democratic 2020 candidates clash on healthcare, immigration and economy in first debate”, in The Guardian. From the entry difficulty
• The Luchou, Hsinchuang, and Sanchung areas of New Taipei City briefly lost power.2018 June 10, Renée Salmonsen, “Bird causes power outage in New Taipei City”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2018…. From the entry Hsinchuang
• Shay has also since briefly returned to social media, making a quick post on Instagram.2017 May 15, Rebecka Schumann, “Shay Carl’s Cam Girl Goes After Another Famous Man On YouTube”, in International Business Times. From the entry private
• Briefly, Sin described the Hanafuda playing cards and how he had adapted them to his own ends.2015, Anthony Horowitz, chapter 19, in Trigger Mortis: A James Bond Novel, Orion, →ISBN. From the entry hanafuda
• Briefly, particles on polycarbonate membranes were digested with 0.2 mol L -1 NaOH.2015 August 29, “Influence of a Decaying Cyclonic Eddy on Biogenic Silica and Particulate Organic Carbon in the Tropical South China Sea…. From the entry molybdosilicate
• Briefly, the laser beam was rastered along the sample surface in a straight line.2015 August 18, Somin Lee et al., “High Inorganic Phosphate Intake Promotes Tumorigenesis at Early Stages in a Mouse Model of Lung…. From the entry rastered
• After the crackdown, an unarmed man briefly stopped a line of tanks on Chang’an Avenue.2015 September 3, Patrick Boehler, “China’s Military Parade Celebrates World War II Victory”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Chang'an Avenue
• Sometime in the early Seventies, gender-free toys were briefly a popular idea.2007, Tom Brokaw, Boom!, page 482. From the entry gender-free
• Baby Siberian cranes learning to fly rose briefly against the sky.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 870. From the entry Siberian crane
• The woman perused it briefly and then beamed up at me.2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry peruse
• The whole case fluouresces briefly then immediately fades, indicating the insides were bleached.2004, Mike Flaherty, Corinne Marrinan, Anthony E. Zuiker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Companion, page 201. From the entry luminol
• They looked up at me briefly without saying a single word before resuming their reads.2004, Freddy Cee, Post-9/11, African American Style: Laughter, Still Da Best Medicine, page 35. From the entry nigga nod
• A flash of emerald light briefly illuminated the forest, and the stone vanished.2003, Christopher Paolini, “Prologue: Shade of Fear”, in Eragon, page 4. From the entry illuminated
• The thin sarky one briefly, but he was with Colin Smy all the time.1998 March 29, Caroline Graham, “Death of a Hollow Man”, in Midsomer Murders. From the entry sarky
• He knelt beside Crusher and watched, briefly useless, as she passed her medscanner over the body.1997, Diane Duane, Intellivore, page 102. From the entry medscanner
• He briefly rockabyed the tallow-colored visage in his arms, then with sudden unconcern handed it to Murph.1995, Benjamin Taylor, Tales Out of School, Turtle Point Press, page 152. From the entry rockabye
• We had spoken briefly before dinner, just as Willy’s Christmas rigatoni were seeping up the stew sauce.1993, Camilla T. Crespi [pseudonym; Camilla Trinchieri], chapter 16, in The Trouble with Thin Ice, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN…. From the entry rigatoni
• Let’s call him Timmy, as if his existence made him one of us, however briefly.1992 March 17, Andrew H. Malcolm, “Our Towns: A Brief Unnamed Spark; The Rest Is Darkness”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New…. From the entry Timmy
• He wondered briefly what it would be like, working all your life for one zaibatsu.1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry zaibatsu
• I will digress briefly to tell you about a remarkably active catenase activity (unpublished observation by R.1983, Nicholas R. Cozzarelli, Mechanisms of DNA Replication and Recombination, page 10. From the entry catenase
• Bets teaches me the rest step, resting weight briefly on the back foot with each ste.1982 February 13, Lee Swislow, “Amazon Trekking”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 9. From the entry rest step
• Well briefly, sir, I am the Permanent Under Secretary of State, known as the Permanent Secretary.1980 February 25, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Open Government”, in Yes Minister, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel…. From the entry secretary
• She snittered once briefly, like a horse neighing, and cut it short.1966, William McIlvanney, Remedy is None, page 44. From the entry snitter
• Holt of West Virginia will be his baby rival briefly, but Rush is a lame duck.1940 October 22, Charles P. Stewart, “Washington At A Glance”, in The Evening Independent, volume LXXIV, number 130, Massillon, Oh., page…. From the entry baby
• The Missouri melon, to put it briefly, is the most melonious of melons.1920 August 10, “The Missouri Watermelon”, in Sikeston Standard, page 2. From the entry melonious
• He clipped open a speaking-tube and conversed briefly with invisible authority below.1917, John Fleming Wilson, The Ex-Husband. From the entry inrunning

Meaning of briefly

1. adverb In a brief manner, summarily.
2. adverb For a brief period.
3. adverb To be brief, in short.

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Questions about briefly in a sentence

How do you use briefly in a sentence?

Briefly is used as an adverb. For example: “He covered the subject briefly in his book.”

What is a short sentence with briefly?

“He only worked here briefly.”

What does briefly mean?

Briefly means in a brief manner, summarily.