"briefly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈbɹiːfli/ Audio: en-us-briefly.ogg [US] Forms: more briefly [comparative], most briefly [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːfli Etymology: From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|breefly}} Middle English breefly, {{m|enm|breffly}} breffly, {{m|enm|brevely}} brevely, {{m|enm|brevelike}} brevelike, {{m|enm|breveliche}} breveliche, {{suf|en|brief|ly|id2=adverbial}} brief + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} briefly (comparative more briefly, superlative most briefly)
  1. (manner) In a brief manner, summarily. Synonyms (in a brief manner): in summarization, concisely, in short, in a word, to sum up Translations (in a brief manner): চমুকে (somuke) [Central] (Assamese), চুটিকে (sutike) [Central] (Assamese), চমুকৈ (somukoi) [Eastern] (Assamese), চুটিকৈ (sutikoi) [Eastern] (Assamese), накратко (nakratko) (Bulgarian), breument (Catalan), kortweg (Dutch), mallonge (Esperanto), lyhyesti (Finnish), brièvement (French), concisément (French), brevemente (Galician), kurz (German), röviden (Hungarian), concisamente (Italian), brevemente (Italian), brevī (Latin), astrictē (Latin), krotko (Lower Sorbian), ചുരുക്കം (curukkaṁ) (Malayalam), ചുരുക്കത്തിൽ (curukkattil) (Malayalam), pokrótce (Polish), кра́тко (krátko) (Russian), ко́ротко (kórotko) (Russian), вкра́тце (vkrátce) (Russian), concisamente (Spanish), brevemente (Spanish), مُخْتَصَراً (muxtasaran) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-briefly-en-adv-di33NDt5 Topics: manner Disambiguation of 'in a brief manner': 56 19 25 Disambiguation of 'in a brief manner': 56 19 25
  2. (duration) For a brief period. Synonyms (for a brief period): fleetingly Translations (for a brief period): rövid ideig (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-briefly-en-adv-~680nGv1 Topics: duration, time Disambiguation of 'for a brief period': 12 73 15 Disambiguation of 'for a brief period': 12 73 15
  3. To be brief, in short.
    Sense id: en-briefly-en-adv-Gr0~Nwzq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 57 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 23 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 22 24 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: summarily, temporarily, transiently

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kórotko",
      "sense": "in a brief manner",
      "word": "ко́ротко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vkrátce",
      "sense": "in a brief manner",
      "word": "вкра́тце"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "in a brief manner",
      "word": "krotko"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a brief manner",
      "word": "concisamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a brief manner",
      "word": "brevemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "muxtasaran",
      "sense": "in a brief manner",
      "word": "مُخْتَصَراً"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "for a brief period",
      "word": "rövid ideig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "briefly"
}

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