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Added 9 October 2026

briefly

/ˈbɹiːfli/ adverb

In Latin: brevī, astrictē Wiktionary

adverb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about briefly at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

For a short time.
she visited him briefly
In a concise manner; in a few words.
the history is summed up concisely in this book

Origin

From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly.

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