"briefly" in the adverb sense
1. briefly
for a short time
"she visited him briefly"
"was briefly associated with IBM"
2. concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief, in short
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"
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