1. For a short time
   "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly associated with IBM" 
2. In a concise manner; in a few words
   "she replied briefly"; "briefly, we have a problem"
   - concisely, shortly, in brief, in short

See also: brief

• heir
• heir apparent
• heir presumptive
• heir-at-law
• heiress
• heirless
• heirloom
• heirship
• Heisenberg
• Heisenbug
• heist
• Heitor Villa-Lobos
• sticking
• sticking out
• sticking plaster
• sticking point
• stickle
• stickleback
• stickler
• stickpin
• sticks and stone
• sticktight
• sticktight flea
• stickum
• stickup