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Usage examples of briefly.

I wondered briefly if a couple of heavy slugs from the Hanyatti would drive him over backwards, jerking his foot off the ampoule, but the thought died as it came.

To put it briefly, we are perfectly well aware of the activities of these anarchistic personages.

Thornier sucked in a slow breath between his teeth, stared angrily at his employer for a moment, and seemed briefly ready to unleash an angry blast.

Briefly did he look upon me with annoyance, and then he turned to Aysayn.

During the meeting, I briefly addressed my colleagues, offering my views from a medical standpoint on the anthrax exposure so far.

To understand the directions then taken in building, it will be helpful to review briefly the general course of architectural development during the preceding century.

The effect of this was so astoundingly nasty that we shall not be referring to it again at any point in this narrative-other than to record briefly the fact that it caused Zaphod to throw up inside his suit, which he therefore removed and swapped, after suitable headgear modifications, with the empty one.

Harry briefly allowed his autopilot to try on its own to maximize the efficiency of the pursuit.

The Autothor blazed briefly as it addressed the contented humans who lay on the shore of the artificial ocean, basking in the warm heat of an artificial sun.

He clubbed a beater with the weighted butt of a short spear, knocked him out briefly.

She hesitated briefly, her beguiled gaze drawn down the lane to where she felt something even more important was silently slipping away.

He chuckled, glancing briefly at Hlynn who stirred a brewis at the hearth, and continued loudly.

Everyone laughs briefly, and Britt catches a nervous glance from Karl.

Briefly, Brok considered explaining this complexity of Kaeradi mating to Tia, but she seemed beyond conversation.

Then Ted, as briefly as he could, told the Englishman all about the broncho boys and their plans and principles.