LekhoriLekhoriOf short duration; happening quickly.
Her reign was brief but spectacular.
Concise; taking few words.
His speech of acceptance was brief but moving.
Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.
A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
An answer to any action.
A written answer or any other brief shall be submitted to the court while allowing a period necessary for the opponent to make preparations with regard to the matters stated therein.
To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
The U.S. president was briefed on the military coup and its implications on African stability.
Briefly.
Whence Adam faultring long, thus anſwer’d brief.
From Middle English breef, breve, bref, from Old French brief, bref, from Latin brevis (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Doublet of breve and merry.
Select a language to see translations
Her skirt was extremely brief but doubtless cool.
A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
Soon; quickly.
But that a ioy paſt ioy, calls out on me, / It were a griefe, to briefe to part with thee : / Farewell.