Briefly can be categorized as an adverb.
Adverb |
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| briefly - for a short time; "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly associated with IBM" | ||
| briefly - 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" |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | adv. | She visited him briefly. | |
| 2. | adv. | Was briefly associated with IBM. | |
| 3. | adv. | She replied briefly. | |
| 4. | adv. | Briefly, we have a problem. | |
| 5. | adv. | I enjoyed your presentation, and meeting you briefly afterwards, at the SIAM Workshop last Friday. | |
| 6. | adv. | To put it briefly, I do not agree. | |
| 7. | adv. | Briefly stated, Hobsbawm's thesis is that the history of the twentieth century is that of the decline of civilization. | |
| 8. | adv. | The speaker treated the subject very briefly. | |
| 9. | adv. | To put it briefly it's your fault. | |
| 10. | adv. | To put it briefly, she turned down his proposal. | |
| 11. | adv. | To put it briefly, he lacks musical ability. | |
| 12. | adv. | Let us briefly recall an important result from group theory. | |
| 13. | adv. | Tom closed his eyes briefly. | |
| 14. | adv. | She told me briefly what happened. | |
| 15. | adv. | Tom briefly left his store to go get a sandwich for lunch. |
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| adv. | |
| She visited him briefly. |
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| Was briefly associated with IBM. |
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| She replied briefly. |
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| Briefly, we have a problem. |
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| I enjoyed your presentation, and meeting you briefly afterwards, at the SIAM Workshop last Friday. |
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| To put it briefly, I do not agree. | |
| Briefly stated, Hobsbawm's thesis is that the history of the twentieth century is that of the decline of civilization. | |
| The speaker treated the subject very briefly. | |
| To put it briefly it's your fault. | |
| To put it briefly, she turned down his proposal. | |
| To put it briefly, he lacks musical ability. | |
| Let us briefly recall an important result from group theory. | |
| Tom closed his eyes briefly. | |
| She told me briefly what happened. | |
| Tom briefly left his store to go get a sandwich for lunch. | |