Briefly and Some time

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Briefly adverb - In a few words.

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Some time and briefly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Some time" instead an adverb "Briefly".

Nearby Words: brief, briefness, briefer

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Briefly and some time are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Briefly" instead an adverb phrase "Some time".

In a Season 10 episode, Joel returns to the Satellite briefly and spends some time with Mike and the Bots.

Source: Fandom Nod
At the start of the story Majestic briefly reflects that he spent some time on Manny's home world, but neither can remember what it was called, though they're sure it started with an "e".

Source: But For Me It Was Tuesday / Comic Books
It's worse that both Hisui and Arcueid, on the occasions they first see Shiki asleep, briefly worry that he'd actually died some time in the night.

Source: Heavy Sleeper

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