1. (

• briefly

) for a short time; "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly associated with IBM" ;

2. (

• concisely ,
• briefly ,
• shortly ,
• in_brief ,
• in_short ,

) 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" ;