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adverb He told me briefly what he knew.) brevemente, resumidamente, en pocas palabrasbriefly adv brevemente / en pocas palabrastr['briːflɪ]1 brevementebriefly ['bri:fli] adv: brevemente, por poco tiempoto speak briefly: discursar en pocas palabrasadv.• abreviadamente adv.• brevemente adv.'briːflia) <visit/rule> por poco tiempob) <reply/speak> brevemente, sucintamentec) (indep) en resumen, en pocas palabras['briːflɪ]ADV1) (=for short time) [speak, reply, smile, pause] brevementeshe visited us briefly — nos hizo una breve or corta visita
"good morning," he said, looking up briefly — "buenos días," dijo, levantando la vista fugazmente
he was briefly detained by the police — la policía lo tuvo detenido durante un corto espacio de tiempo
2) (=in brief) [tell, reply, describe] en pocas palabras, en resumenthe facts, briefly, are these — los hechos, en pocas palabras or en resumen, son estos
briefly, we still don't know — en resumen or en suma, aún no lo sabemos
* * *['briːfli]a) <visit/rule> por poco tiempob) <reply/speak> brevemente, sucintamentec) (indep) en resumen, en pocas palabras
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