briefly

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briefly
[ˈbriːflɪ]
adverbio
1brevemente
  • (put) briefly… -> en pocas palabras…

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briefly [brífli]
adverbio
1Brevemente, sucintamente (reply/speak), compendiosamente, en pocas palabras, en resumen (indep).
  • She biefly wondered what he was doing there -> se preguntó por un momento qué hacía él allí
Por poco tiempo (visit/rule).

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briefly [ˈbriːflɪ]
adverb
1 (for short time) [+speak, reply, smile, pause] brevemente
she visited us briefly nos hizo una breve corta visita;or
he looked up briefly
"good morning," he said, looking up briefly "buenos días," dijo, levantando la vista fugazmente; I wondered briefly if he were lying por un momento me pregunté si no estaría mintiendo; he was briefly detained by the police la policía lo tuvo detenido durante un corto espacio de tiempo
Guerillas captured and briefly held an important provincial capital she paused briefly before answering
2 (in brief) [+tell, reply, describe] en pocas palabras; en resumen
the facts, briefly, are these los hechos, en pocas palabras en resumen, son estos;or briefly, we still don't know en resumen en suma, aún no lo sabemos;or
put briefly, his argument was this

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