briefly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb for a short time
    • she visited him briefly
    • was briefly associated with IBM
  2. adverb in a concise manner; in a few words
    in brief; shortly; concisely; in short.
    • the history is summed up concisely in this book
    • she replied briefly
    • briefly, we have a problem
    • to put it shortly

WordNet


Brief"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. Concisely; in few words.

Webster 1913