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English to English adverb
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for a short time |  | Example: she visited him briefly
was briefly associated with IBM
source: wordnet30
| 2 |
in a concise manner; in a few words | | Example: the history is summed up concisely in this book
she replied briefly
briefly, we have a problem
to put it shortly
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
Concisely; in few words. | | source: webster1913
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