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