briefly

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

Synonyms

concisely in brief in short shortly

Words of close approximity

briefs