briefly
adv/ˈbɹiːfli/
Etymology From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly.
1
Manner In a brief manner, summarily.
- He covered the subject briefly in his book.
2
Duration, Time For a brief period.
- He only worked here briefly.
- Instead, ddakji was played for dramatic effect earlier in the season — pitting two men who had forged a sweet bond against each other, making one of them briefly believe he’d been eliminated by his friend.2023 December 7, Maya Salam, “‘Squid Game: The Challenge’: Hits, Misses and the Bizarre Ending”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2023:
3
To be brief, in short.
- Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.
- Synonyms
- in summarization, concisely, tout court, in short, in a word, to sum up, fleetingly, summarily, temporarily, transiently