briefly
adverbecourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈbɹiːfli//
In a brief manner, summarily.
adverbe
- 1
In a brief manner, summarily.
He covered the subject briefly in his book.
- 2
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.
- 3
To be brief, in short.
Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.
Étymologie
From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly.
Formes
- comparatif
- more briefly
- superlatif
- most briefly