Grammatical class
Adverb
brièvement
briefly
Details
Syllables
briè-ve-ment
Phonetics
bʁi.jɛ.və.mɑ̃
Grammatical class
Adverb
Freq. (books)
7559
Freq. (movies)
11911
Freq. (news)
6909
Sentences
Nous avons parlé brièvement.
We spoke briefly.
A1
Exposez brièvement votre cas.
State your case briefly.
A1
Peux-tu l'expliquer brièvement ?
Can you explain it briefly?
A1
Je vais brièvement aux toilettes.
I'm just nipping to the toilet.
A1
Il a répondu brièvement.
He answered in brief.
A2
On a discuté brièvement.
We chatted briefly.
A2
Nous nous sommes embrassés très brièvement.
We kissed very briefly.
B1
Il donna brièvement ses raisons.
He gave his reasons in brief.
B2
Rappelons brièvement un résultat important de la théorie des groupes.
Let us briefly recall an important result from group theory.
C2