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briefly

 adverb
     
brief‧ly S2 W3
1 for a short time:
We stopped off briefly in London.
2 in as few words as possible:
Sonia explained briefly what we had to do.
[sentence adverb]
Briefly, I think we should accept their offer.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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