brief

IPA(Pronunciation)

/bɹiːf/

Adverb

obsolete poetic

(obsolete, poetic) Briefly. / (obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.

Japanese Meaning

（古語・詩的に）手短に / （古語・詩的に）すぐに、はやく

He spoke, brief, and vanished into the mist.

彼は手短に話し、霧の中へ消えた。

Sense（1）

(obsolete, poetic) Briefly.

Whence Adam faultring long, thus anſwer’d brief.

Sense（2）

(obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.

But that a ioy paſt ioy, calls out on me, / It were a griefe, to briefe to part with thee : / Farewell.

more brief

（ comparative ）

most brief

（ superlative ）