briefly

Adverb

• For a short time; concisely.
• for a short time
  • "she visited him briefly"
  • "was briefly associated with IBM"
• in a concise manner; in a few words
  • "she replied briefly"
  • "briefly, we have a problem"

Adv

• In a brief manner, summarily.
• For a brief period.
• To be brief, in short.

Examples

• Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.
• He covered the subject briefly in his book.
• He only worked here briefly.
• She considered her options briefly before playing ’ZA’ on the triple letter.

Synonyms

concisely, in brief, in short, shortly, fleetingly, in a word, in summarization, summarily, temporarily, to sum up, transiently