'Briefly' definitions:

Definition of 'briefly'

adverb

For a short time; "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly associated with IBM"

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" [syn: concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief, in short]

Definition of 'Briefly'

From: GCIDE

Briefly \Brief"ly\ (br[=e]f"l[y^]), adv. Concisely; in few words. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'briefly'

From: Moby Thesaurus

accurately,
aphoristically,
bluntly,
brusquely,
compendiously,
concisely,
crisply,
curtly,
economically,
exactly,
fleetingly,
flickeringly,
flittingly,
for a moment,
hastily,
hurriedly,
in a capsule,
in a nutshell,
in an instant,
in brief,
in brief compass,
in short,
laconically,
momentarily,
pithily,
pointedly,
precisely,
quickly,
sententiously,
shortly,
sparely,
succinctly,
summarily,
swiftly,
synoptically,
tersely,
transiently