briefly

副词 adv.

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a brief manner, summarily.
    — He covered the subject briefly in his book.
  2. For a brief period.
    — He only worked here briefly.
  3. To be brief, in short.
    — Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job.

词形变化

more briefly comparative most briefly superlative

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English breefly, breffly, brevely, brevelike, breveliche, equivalent to brief + -ly.
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