briefly

[US]/ˈbri:fli/
[UK]/'brifli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. kortfattet og præcist udtrykt; på en kort og præcis måde; koncist.

Example Sentences

we will allude briefly to the main points.

vi vil kortvarigt henvise til de vigtigste punkter.

the negation of A is, briefly, ‘not A’.

den negation af A er, kort sagt, 'ikke A'.

the two long-distance walks briefly coincide here.

de to lange vandreture falder kortvarigt sammen her.

amusement flickered briefly in his eyes.

Amusement flimrede kortvarigt i hans øjne.

a painter who had flirted briefly with Cubism.

en maler, der kortvarigt havde flirtet med kubismen.

the play was workshopped briefly at the Shaw Festival.

stykket blev kortvarigt udviklet på Shaw Festival.

Then briefly she told us about herself.

Så fortalte hun os kortvarigt om sig selv.

I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.

Jeg vil kortvarigt berøre et andet aspekt af problemet.

He told me briefly what had happened.

Han fortalte mig kortvarigt, hvad der var sket.

She glanced briefly at his lapel badge.

Hun kiggede kortvarigt på hans reversbadge.

A hound yelped briefly as a whip cracked.

En hund gøede kortvarigt, mens et piskeslag knaldede.

Meryl coughed briefly to advertise her presence.

Meryl hostede kortvarigt for at annoncere sin tilstedeværelse.

two separate people whose lives converge briefly from time to time.

to forskellige mennesker, hvis liv kortvarigt krydsede hinanden fra tid til anden.

his eyes rested briefly on the boy.

hans øjne hvilede kortvarigt på drengen.

Fran struggled briefly but soon gave up the uneven match.

Fran kæmpede kortvarigt, men opgav snart den ulige kamp.

He was told to speak briefly; accordingly he cut short his remarks.

Han fik besked om at tale kort; derfor afbrød han sine bemærkninger.

He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.

Han blev bortført og kortvarigt tilbageholdt af en terrorgruppe.

He described briefly what happened.

Han beskrev kortvarigt, hvad der var sket.

Briefly describe the product, but do not give any technical details at this stage.

Beskriv kortvarigt produktet, men giv ikke nogen tekniske detaljer på dette tidspunkt.

Real-world Examples

Can I cite another example briefly? - Yeah.

Kan jeg nævne et andet eksempel kortfattet? - Ja.

Source: Harvard University Open Course "Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?"

Maybe it's enough to understand her briefly.

Måske er det nok til at forstå hende kortfattet.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

Let's talk about numbers briefly here, Tom.

Lad os tale om tal kortfattet her, Tom.

Source: NPR News July 2015 Compilation

She was admitted to the hospital briefly for observation.

Hun blev kortvarigt indlagt på hospitalet til observation.

Source: CNN Reading Selection

Let me also mention very briefly.

Lad mig også nævne meget kortfattet.

Source: Listening comprehension of the English Major Level 8 exam past papers.

Glancing at it briefly, he told me to look again.

Da han kort kiggede på det, bad han mig om at kigge igen.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Three (Translation)

We talked about ANKI very briefly.

Vi talte meget kort om ANKI.

Source: Cambridge top student book sharing

Now let me introduce myself briefly.

Nu lad mig introducere mig selv kortfattet.

Source: fs

When you drop a rock, it's very briefly in orbit.

Når du slipper en sten, er den meget kortvarigt i kredsløb.

Source: Crash Course Astronomy

Verner, do all this More briefly than I tell it thee.

Verner, gør det hele mere kortfattet end jeg fortæller dig.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 5

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