Adjective
/brēf/,

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briefest, superlative; briefer, comparative; 
                    
                    
                        
        
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Of short duration
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the president made a brief visit to Moscow
                                            
 
                                
                                 
                    
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Concise in expression; using few words
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introductions were brief and polite
                                            
 
                                
                                 
                    
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(of a piece of clothing) Not covering much of the body; scanty
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Alice sported a pair of extremely brief black shorts
                                            
 
                                
                                 
                    
           
                     
             
 
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- Superlative form of brief. most brief