Synonyms for briefly
brief·ly

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1. brieflyadverb

   for a short time

   "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly associated with IBM"

   Synonyms:
   in short, shortly, in brief, concisely

2. concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief, in shortadverb

   in a concise manner; in a few words

   "the history is summed up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly"; "briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly"

   Synonyms:
   in short, shortly, curtly, concisely, soon, in brief, presently, short, before long

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1. brieflyadjective

   Synonyms:
   concisely, in short, in brief, in a few words

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1. List of paraphrases for "briefly":

   brief, succinctly, short, summarily, quickly, briefly, shortly, soon, concisely, simple, rapidly, summary

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1. Rebecca Stice:

   It's brilliant to be able to upload things and then people can escape into those scenes in nature, however briefly.

2. Sherwood Schwartz:

   I was only on very briefly, and I was very young, but I grew up knowing the show had a special connection with people. My dad always said that a tropical island has been the center of many famous stories, including ‘ Swiss Family Robinson. ’.

3. Julian Glover:

   We only passed each other briefly and she was in a different year to me, but despite that, she stands out in my memory as a sort of strange, unfocused force, hugely in favor of action and change, it was always hard to see the aim of it all, or where it might lead, except that she would be at the center of it.

4. Carson Cowles:

   I actually talked to him on the phone briefly for just a few moments and he was saying,' well I'm outside target practicing with my new gun,' nobody in my family had seen anything like this coming.

5. Max Wilmes:

   Thunberg was only briefly detained. Once (Thunberg’s) identity was established, she was free to go, due to the recognition of her name, police sped up the identification process.