briefly

Adverb

• 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
    

• for a short time
  • she visited him briefly
    
  • was briefly associated with IBM
    

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• Synonyms: 
  concisely , shortly , in brief , in short