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briefly

brief·ly

briefly

 
 
pronunciation:
brif li
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part of speech: adverb
definition: in a way that is not lengthy; for a short time.
She spoke only briefly, but we understood what we had to do.He stayed briefly in Chicago and then he was on to New York.
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