Briefly

Examples

• It is worth while to glance here very briefly at the circumstances of his life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I am quite well, she said briefly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Without any mention of the various attempts to produce such a device, let us, as briefly as possible, describe the means used in most watches of American manufacture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He cannot do so, she tells him, too plainly or too briefly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• To this the fat boy, considerably terrified, briefly responded, 'Missis. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• To put it briefly, democracy is afraid of the tyrant. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I said briefly to the doctor: do _you_ cultivate happiness? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Julia then related, in her shy, quiet way, what I will communicate as briefly as possible. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Some of these have here been very briefly stated. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Briefly stated, the process of making halftones is as follows: The subject to be engraved is photographed through a halftone screen, so-called. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• To my mind, the result of the extraordinary turn which the matter has now taken is briefly this. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I will reply to it as briefly and plainly as possible. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We may note here briefly the very various nature of the constituents of the British Empire in 1914. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The general scheme, briefly outlined, is to prepare a model and plans of the house to be cast, and then to design a set of molds in sections of convenient size. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Nor has he anything more to say or do but to nod once in the same frigid and discourteous manner and to say briefly, You can go. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Let us now briefly consider the steps by which domestic races have been produced, either from one or from several allied species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• How will the struggle for existence, briefly discussed in the last chapter, act in regard to variation? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Mr Kibble, an unctuous broad man of few words and many mouthfuls, said, more briefly than pointedly, raising his ale to his lips: 'Same to you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Thus fortified, he answered briefly, I see daylight. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The Colonel told his senior briefly, and in broken accents, the circumstances of the case. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The woman's passionate exclamations collected a crowd around her, and the trader briefly explained to them the cause of the agitation. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• To appreciate them let us briefly contrast the conditions of to-day with those of a hundred years ago. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It's for her, he said, briefly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Blue Lion at Muggleton,' briefly responded Mr. Allen. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Bucket rings, goes to the door, briefly whispers Mercury, shuts the door, and stands behind it with his arms folded. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• On that night, too, I had briefly met him who now stood with me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• We can only tell very briefly here of the particulars of the Second and Third Punic Wars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We shall briefly examine each of these, beginning with Occupation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I explained to Brooks briefly what I had discovered and what I was about to do. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• You are very kind, I said briefly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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