What does briefly mean?

briefly means "for a short time". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in briefly?

briefly has 2 syllables: brie-fly. The stress falls on "brie". In IPA it is /ˈbɹifli/.

What is another word for briefly?

Close synonyms include concisely, shortly, in brief, in short. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is briefly a common word?

briefly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

briefly — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
for a short time
“she visited him briefly”
“was briefly associated with IBM”
2.
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”
Synonymsconcisely shortly in brief in short

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What does briefly mean?: briefly means "for a short time". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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