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Meaning of word briefly from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : For a short time.

Example : She visited him briefly.
Was briefly associated with IBM.

Meaning : In a concise manner. In a few words.

Example : The history is summed up concisely in this book.
She replied briefly.
Briefly, we have a problem.
To put it shortly.

Synonyms : concisely, in brief, in short, shortly

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

ordnance store (noun)
Military supplies.

precursor (noun)
A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction).

guff (noun)
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

telescope (verb)
Crush together or collapse.

with child (adjective)
In an advanced stage of pregnancy.

blow up (verb)
Cause to burst with a violent release of energy.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.