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单词 briefly
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briefly

R'shiel smiled briefly, then focused her disconcerting eyes on the Kariens.He gave the receptionist his name and she picked up her phone and spoke into it briefly.

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briefly

British English: briefly /ˈbriːflɪ/ ADVERB
Something that happens briefly happens for a very short period of time.
He smiled briefly.
  • American English: briefly
  • Arabic: لـَحْظَةً
  • Brazilian Portuguese: brevemente
  • Chinese: 简要地
  • Croatian: kratko
  • Czech: krátce
  • Danish: kort
  • Dutch: even eventjes
  • European Spanish: brevemente
  • Finnish: lyhyesti
  • French: brièvement
  • German: kurz
  • Greek: εν συντομία
  • Italian: brevemente
  • Japanese: 簡単に
  • Korean: 간단히
  • Norwegian: kort
  • Polish: krótko
  • European Portuguese: brevemente
  • Romanian: în treacăt
  • Russian: коротко
  • Latin American Spanish: brevemente
  • Swedish: kortfattat
  • Thai: อย่างสั้น
  • Turkish: kısaca
  • Ukrainian: коротко
  • Vietnamese: một cách ngắn gọn

Chinese translation of 'briefly'

briefly

(ˈbriːflɪ)

adv

  1. [smile, talk, explain, say] 简(簡)短地 (jiǎnduǎn de)
(adverb) 
He smiled briefly.
Synonyms
quickly
I quickly looked at her papers while she was out of the room.
shortly
‘I don't know you,’ he said shortly, ‘and I'm in a hurry.’
precisely
casually
temporarily
The agreement has at least temporarily halted the civil war.
abruptly
`Good night then,' she said abruptly.
hastily
I said goodnight hastily.
briskly
A trader said gold was selling briskly on the local market.
momentarily
She paused momentarily when she saw them.
hurriedly
students hurriedly taking notes
curtly
summarily
fleetingly
cursorily
(adverb) 
There are four alternatives; they are described briefly below.
Synonyms
in outline
in brief
In brief, take no risks.
in passing
in a nutshell
concisely
in a few words

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abruptly
`Good night then,' she said abruptly.
Synonyms
curtly,
bluntly,
rudely,
briskly,
tersely,
shortly,
sharply,
brusquely,
gruffly,
snappily
in the sense of briskly
A trader said gold was selling briskly on the local market.
Synonyms
rapidly,
quickly,
apace (literary),
pdq (slang)
in the sense of hastily
I said goodnight hastily.
Synonyms
quickly,
fast,
rapidly,
promptly,
straightaway,
speedily,
apace (literary),
pronto (informal),
double-quick,
hotfoot,
pdq (slang),
posthaste

Synonyms of 'briefly'

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