Crossword clues for briefly
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
briefly
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
briefly
▪ At the doorway she paused briefly.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
consider
▪ Finally, we considered briefly the meaning of an equilibrium in macroeconomics.
▪ At the end of this chapter, we will briefly consider how these stresses affected managers' lives outside work.
▪ In the light of this we briefly consider rules and laissez-faire approaches to mergers as alternatives to that of pragmatic cost-benefit.
▪ It is appropriate here, however, to consider briefly the treatment issue of moderation goals.
▪ It briefly considers the prospects for extending the operational life of obsolete systems through physical restoration as well as logical simulation.
▪ Let us briefly consider how you might analyze this claim by means of the scientific method.
▪ He briefly considered lashing out on a taxi, but only briefly.
▪ In this book, we only briefly consider the wild cards.
describe
▪ Describe briefly the basic function of the reception office, enumerating the services it provides. 6.
▪ In the summary table the tasks are briefly described in words as far as possible.
▪ In the dictionary of cheeses that appears at the end of this chapter some cheeses are briefly described in alphabetical order.
▪ Other techniques are available for obtaining insights into people's world-view and social relationships, and some will be briefly described here.
▪ The mosque loudspeaker briefly described their crimes: He had killed his friend; she had killed her husband.
▪ These are serial, which was described briefly above, and inverted.
▪ I have briefly described the three main streams of present-day mathematical philosophy: formalism, Platonism, and intuitionism.
discuss
▪ If this review indicates they are not present, I discuss briefly with the patient the benefits and risks of disulfiram.
▪ Finally, we shall briefly discuss the emancipatory values espoused by Marxists.
▪ The last thing I wanted to discuss briefly was the board meeting.
▪ Each of these points will be discussed briefly in turn.
▪ We will briefly discuss each of these power relationships for their importance in making a comprehensive diagnosis. 1.
▪ The remaining instances of confusion can be discussed briefly.
examine
▪ It is worth examining briefly some of the possible explanations for this emphasis on remedial law.
▪ Three other types of executive-legislative arrangements are also examined briefly.
▪ The sections that follow represent an attempt to examine briefly some of the liveliest areas of debate.
▪ Two of these - the concepts of state power and national security - are briefly examined here.
▪ The histories of the counties are examined briefly but thoroughly, with comment on all the leading players.
explain
▪ Explain briefly the five basic classifications for filing. 6.
▪ So far we have briefly explained how a free-floating and a rigidly fixed exchange rate system are supposed to operate.
▪ Explain briefly what the difference is between financial risk and business or commercial risk.
▪ She explained briefly to him about Amanda's suicide.
glance
▪ He glanced briefly at the written note, put it aside and went on with the meeting.
▪ He glanced briefly about him before continuing along the scattered fringe of trees that girdled it.
hold
▪ We are held briefly at the runway apron, and then we are off.
▪ He was briefly held under house arrest in 1994 after criticising two government ministers.
▪ Bonfire firings are generally quicker than kilns and a deal less controlled, with their maximum temperatures being held briefly.
look
▪ This section looks briefly at some of the basic ideas and illustrates them with the results of some laboratory experiments.
▪ Lufkin looked briefly and sharply at Celestine.
▪ We now look briefly at the eigenvectors.
▪ Let us briefly look at these.
▪ We will look briefly at just four.
▪ For now, it is worth looking briefly at what the Pick-Sloan plan has wrought.
▪ We have looked briefly at all these elements apart from normalisation which is discussed in Section 3.7.
▪ To put the managers' experience in context, we briefly look at their subordinates.
meet
▪ We did meet briefly in the doorway and I think he said something.
▪ A pair of trespassers had been escorted out, or two neighboring pairs had briefly met.
▪ We met briefly in the supermarket in Bamford.
▪ The Senate met briefly but took no action.
▪ Her eyes briefly meet Sniegs's, but mostly they are on the horizon, far away from the house.
mention
▪ One other example of a possibly adhoc hypothesis from the history of science will be briefly mentioned.
▪ Turning from the narrowly financial aspects, let us briefly mention some of the legal complexities of the system.
▪ Before we consider results for, it is worth mentioning briefly what numerical solutions show for.
▪ The direct analysis approach is only mentioned briefly, with the main emphasis on overcoming heterogeneity effects.
▪ But there is another aspect of the primacy which has so far been only briefly mentioned.
▪ Let me briefly mention just three of them.
▪ This we mentioned briefly in the last chapter.
▪ Title scanning, as mentioned briefly above, was considered adequate for area identification.
outline
▪ To tease out their effects, I will begin by briefly outlining the procedural and organisational framework intended to promote interagency co-operation.
▪ Under the headings of efficiency and accountability a number of initiatives were introduced which are briefly outlined below.
▪ It briefly outlines activities such as helplines, respite care services and consultation on community care proposals.
▪ Introduction InPart One I have briefly outlined the origins and fate of the classical perspective in criminology.
▪ These are briefly outlined in the protocol under each drug mentioned.
▪ This is where the counsellor can briefly outline the agendas, leaving the counsellee in little doubt as to his or her intentions.
▪ In the foregoing pages the history of five medieval South Slav states has been briefly outlined.
▪ The fifth paragraph briefly outlines the Development Zone Scheme.
pause
▪ Her erratic gaze paused briefly on the broken nail she was picking with her other hand.
▪ She paused briefly to tidy her hair and smooth the creases from her skirt, then led the way into the house.
▪ Closing the door behind me I paused briefly and listened.
▪ Henri paused briefly under an archway, a glimmer of sadness pulsing within him.
return
▪ He returned briefly to the Commonwealth's service, but retired when the Restoration became inevitable and procured a royal pardon.
▪ Mr Morgan, who was married with three grown-up children, had returned briefly to school after a period of illness.
▪ Let me return briefly to Foucault.
▪ He would be gone from here, perhaps returning briefly at nights for some food, then off again.
▪ She was there from 1923 to 1925, and returned briefly in 1926.
▪ He returned briefly to Ephesus in 1883, without, however, achieving any significant results.
▪ I would conclude by returning briefly to the Marleasing judgment.
review
▪ Moreover, literature relating to nursing ideologies, primary and therapeutic nursing as well as nursing beds is briefly reviewed.
▪ Vickie starts the meeting by briefly reviewing the agenda.
▪ Two examples will be briefly reviewed here.
▪ The authors also briefly review some of the earlier research and suggest that the conclusions appears to be conflicting.
▪ Then a large number of results from research on arousal and memory are briefly reviewed.
▪ Having made these general remarks, we may now briefly review the new exact solutions that have been presented.
▪ We then briefly review the values associated with elite theory.
▪ Chapter 7 briefly reviews the developments instituted in the 1980s.
smile
▪ When she spotted me, she touched her glasses and smiled briefly, then disappeared from the window.
▪ Angelita faces everyone once more, briefly smiles and then walks into the terminal.
▪ Jackson smiled briefly and raised a hand.
▪ Rattling Hawk smiles briefly and wanly, and says something to Gary.
speak
▪ He turned to thank and speak briefly to the pilot.
▪ Art Modell spoke briefly to the group, then turned over his case to his attorney, Robert Weber of Cleveland.
▪ The couple spoke briefly from their home at Gwynn Close, Fairfield, Stockton last night.
▪ The woman spoke briefly to the young faces at the ValuJet counter.
▪ He spoke briefly of the responsibility the rich owe to the poor of the Third World.
▪ She heard him dial, and speak briefly and drily, almost as though similar rescue operations landed on his doorstep every night.
▪ She opened the meeting with a prayer, after which she spoke briefly.
stop
▪ The killing briefly stopped after Mr Aristide's return.
▪ The recap: Stop briefly, extend your arm, hurry away.
▪ Runners stop briefly to drink, many alternating water and electrolyte supplements.
▪ She stopped briefly, pulled her sash free and put it over her head, tucking her hair under it.
touch
▪ It has touched briefly on a number of activities which all contribute to better staff utilisation.
▪ Lewis only briefly touches on these concerns.
▪ His mind touched briefly on the two defaulters who were awaiting their fate in the basement cells.
▪ Occasionally she sat still while he hovered above her and briefly touched down to mate.
▪ He raised his hand and placed it on her arm where it had briefly touched before.
▪ Earlier we touched briefly on the importance of putting a proper value on your time.
turn
▪ By October it turns briefly hot, before winter.
▪ There are other kinds of generalized seizures that are basically inhibitory, like briefly turning off a switch.
wonder
▪ She began to cook the meal, briefly wondering how her own household was coping without her.
▪ She had obviously enticed Patrick to run away with her - were they sleeping together, she wondered briefly?
▪ Crying women had always annoyed him, and he briefly wondered why McAllister's tears should affect him so differently.
▪ Where was he off to? she wondered briefly.
▪ For not immediately obeying him, or for her very presence? she wondered briefly, then gave a mental shrug.
▪ He pulled the double thickness of the cloak tighter around him and wondered briefly why he had not worn his hiking clothes.
▪ Héloïse wondered briefly about the horses, remembering James's words about the crash of a tile setting them into a panic.
work
▪ He no longer works after school; the company for which he briefly worked went out of business.
▪ He briefly worked with Sonny Stitt and led his own band before military service, which ended in 1962.
▪ She had taken a polytechnic catch-all sociology course before briefly working in a local authority social services department.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Briefly, the problem was that I wanted a child and he didn't.
▪ He worked briefly for Walt Disney Studios.
▪ Sonia explained briefly how the machine works.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Finally, we considered briefly the meaning of an equilibrium in macroeconomics.
▪ He turned to thank and speak briefly to the pilot.
▪ Here, briefly, is how it happened.
▪ In a small skillet, saute garlic and green onion briefly in 3 tablespoons of oil until soft but not browned.
▪ Ironically, substitute Andy Roddie's introduction for all the wrong reasons briefly turned the game to their advantage.
▪ Therefore, a number of Category Romance series are listed and briefly annotated below.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Briefly
Briefly \Brief"ly\ (br[=e]f"l[y^]), adv. Concisely; in few words.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
briefly
adv. 1 (context manner English) In a brief manner, summarily. 2 (context duration English) For a brief period. 3 (context speech act English) To be brief, in short.
WordNet
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.