briefly
adverb
uk/ˈbriːf.li/us/ˈbriːf.li/brieflyadverb(SHORT TIME)
B1
for ashorttime:
短暂地；简短地Wechattedbriefly about theweather.我们聊了几句天气。
- Sheappearsbriefly in the new Bondfilm.
- He was brieflyfamousin histwentiesbut thensankintoobscurity.
- Heappearsbriefly towards the end of thefilmin acameoroleas apriest.
- Sheworkedbriefly as ajournalist, butattractedattentionas awriterwith herstoriesofvillagelife.
- He made hislivingbriefly as anewspaperreporterbefore getting intopolitics.
Short in time
- abbreviated
- at a moment's/two hours'/three weeks', etc. noticeidiom
- awhile
- be short noticeidiom
- bite-sized
- brief
- dose
- fit
- instant
- jiffy
- micro-moment
- minute
- mo
- moment
- momentarily
- split second
- transient
- trice
- twinkling
- wee hours
brieflyadverb(FEW WORDS)
using few words or without giving a lot ofdetails:
简言之，一言以蔽之Briefly, thecompanyneedstocutitsexpenditure.简言之，公司需要缩减开支。
Not saying much
- a few well-chosen wordsidiom
- abruptly
- abruptness
- cat
- concise
- concisely
- conciseness
- crisp
- gnomic
- laconic
- monosyllabic
- monosyllabically
- not say booidiom
- pithily
- quietly
- quietness
- reticence
- reticent
- reticently
- taciturn