To put it briefly, I do not agree.
Source: tatoeba (20956)
Briefly
//ˈbɹiːfli//
Synonyms for "briefly" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Adverb(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (17)
Adverb(3 words)
Prep_phrase(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (29)
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Translations
32 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بِاِخْتِصَار adv (in a brief manner)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܒܲܦ݂ܣܵܩܵܐ adv (in a brief manner)
Assamese
4 entries- চমুকে adv (in a brief manner)
- চমুকৈ adv (in a brief manner)
- চুটিকে adv (in a brief manner)
- চুটিকৈ adv (in a brief manner)
Bulgarian
1 entries- накратко adv (in a brief manner)
Catalan
1 entries- breument adv (in a brief manner)
Dutch
1 entries- kortweg adv (in a brief manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- mallonge adv (in a brief manner)
Finnish
1 entries- lyhyesti adv (in a brief manner)
French
2 entries- brièvement adv (in a brief manner)
- concisément adv (in a brief manner)
Galician
1 entries- brevemente adv (in a brief manner)
German
1 entries- kurz adv (in a brief manner)
Hungarian
2 entries- rövid ideig adv (for a brief period)
- röviden adv (in a brief manner)
Italian
2 entries- brevemente adv (in a brief manner)
- concisamente adv (in a brief manner)
Latin
2 entries- astrictē adv (in a brief manner)
- brevī adv (in a brief manner)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- krotko adv (in a brief manner)
Malayalam
2 entries- ചുരുക്കം adv (in a brief manner)
- ചുരുക്കത്തിൽ adv (in a brief manner)
Polish
1 entries- pokrótce adv (in a brief manner)
Romanian
1 entries- pe scurt adv (in a brief manner)
Russian
3 entries- вкра́тце adv (in a brief manner)
- ко́ротко adv (in a brief manner)
- кра́тко adv (in a brief manner)
Spanish
2 entries- brevemente adv (in a brief manner)
- concisamente adv (in a brief manner)
Urdu
1 entries- مُخْتَصَراً adv (in a brief manner)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Briefly stated, Hobsbawm's thesis is that the history of the twentieth century is that of the decline of civilization.
Source: tatoeba (20963)
State your case briefly.
Source: tatoeba (239673)
The speaker treated the subject very briefly.
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