Meaning

3 senses
  1. In a brief manner, summarily.

    He covered the subject briefly in his book.

    kurz

    кра́ткоkrátko, ко́роткоkórotko, вкра́тцеvkrátce

    in a concise manner; in a few words

  2. For a brief period.

    He only worked here briefly.

  3. To be brief, in short.

    Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.

    for a short time

Examples

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  1. Let me comment briefly on that.

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  2. Let me briefly explain this to you.

    deIch erkläre dir das mal kurz.

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  3. Can you briefly sum up what was said at the meeting?

    ruТы можешь вкратце пересказать, что говорили на собрании?

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  4. Could you please briefly introduce yourself?

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  5. Let me briefly explain.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
in a brief manner:

Origin

From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief

From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly.

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Forms

more briefly, most briefly
Comparativemore briefly Lesson
Superlativemost briefly

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
in a brief manner:conciselyin shortin a wordin summarizationto sum up
for a brief period:fleetingly
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbrief

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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