Synonyms of adv briefly
2 senses of briefly
Sense 1
briefly -- (for a short time; "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly associated with IBM")
Sense 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")