See briefly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in a brief manner",
"word": "brevemente"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in a brief manner",
"word": "brevī"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in a brief manner",
"word": "astrictē"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "curukkaṁ",
"sense": "in a brief manner",
"word": "ചുരുക്കം"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "curukkattil",
"sense": "in a brief manner",
"word": "ചുരുക്കത്തിൽ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a brief manner",
"word": "pokrótce"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krátko",
"sense": "in a brief manner",
"word": "кра́тко"
},
{
"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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