Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Briefly \Brief"ly\, adv.
   Concisely; in few words.

Source : WordNet®

briefly
     adv 1: for a short time; "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly
            associated with IBM"
     2: in a concise manner; in a few words; "the history is summed
        up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly";
        "briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly" [syn: {concisely},
         {shortly}, {in brief}, {in short}]