BRIEFLY Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

briefly

adverb

ˈbrē-flē

Definition of briefly next

as in concisely

in a few words tell us briefly why you chose this position

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Examples of briefly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web More than a year later, Woods spoke briefly about the incident alongside his attorneys in a news conference outside the Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse in Jacksonville. —

Char Adams, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 Lindsay Hartley briefly filled in for Monaco in 2020, 2022 and 2024. —

Andy Swift, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024 Neither brother was arrested at the time of the incident, but Williams was briefly handcuffed and detained. —

Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024 Vinayak Hegde, a former Amazon and Airbnb executive who served briefly in executive positions with Wheels Up, explained that, like the home-sharing service, creating a sharing economy for private aviation would be a long road. —

Doug Gollan, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for briefly

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