BRIEF, BRIEFLY
ADJECTIVES
1561 ► SUDDEN brief, momentary, lasting only a short time → obs.
1579 ► CURTAL brief, scant, curt; abridged, curtailed → obs.
1606 ► MOMENTAL brief, lasting only a moment; momentary → obs.
1611 ► NARROW brief, short; said of time
1656 ► CHILONIC brief, compendious, either in speaking or writing → obs.
1656 ► PAUCILOQUENT speaking briefly; using few words in speech or conversation; laconic
1657 ► TIMELESS brief, of no duration; short-lived → obs.
1730 ► COMPENDIARIOUS brief, short, concise, abridged, compendious → obs.
1894 ► WAFF brief, fleeting, short-lived → Sc.
L19.. ► SHORT AND SWEET, LIKE A DONKEY’S GALLOP brief and pleasant → colloq.
1905 ► QUEASY brief, short → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1914 ► FLY-BY-NIGHT brief; impermanent → colloq.
1946 ► HOT brief, quick → US sl.
ADVERBS
1380 ► IN SHORT WORDS briefly, in few words → obs.
1386 ► IN SHORT AND PLAIN briefly and plainly → obs.
1579 ► ABRUPTLY briefly, in short; by way of abbreviation → obs.
1599 ► ABBREVIATELY briefly, concisely, in an abbreviated manner or form
1704 ► ABRIDGEDLY briefly, concisely; in an abridged form
1796 ► IN A NEEDLE’S EYE very briefly, in a nutshell, giving only the main points → Sc.
NOUNS
1384 ► FURLONG WAY a short distance; hence, the time taken in walking this; a brief space → obs.
1665 ► BREVIATE a brief account, a summary → US
1852 ► THUMBNAIL SKETCH a very brief account, esp. a quick biography → US sl.
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