What is the Latin word for briefly?

The usual Latin words for “briefly” are brevis, paucī, strictim; also carptim, praecīsus, premō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“briefly” in Latin

brevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short; short, low, shallow paucīfew, small group of people; the oligarchs strictimsuperficially; briefly, cursorily, summarily carptimby pieces, in parts, piecemeal, separately; at different places or points, on different sides; at different times, from praecīsusshortened, severed; battered, smashed premōto press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm; to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze; to make,pressēprecisely; accurately, exactly, correctly; without ornament, simply (of speech)arsart, skill, craft, handicraft; trade, occupation, employment; cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem angustusnarrow, close, contracted, constricted, confined, small, not spacious; narrow, strait; short, brief dēfīniōto bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting; to terminate, finish

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

briefly

breviter (shortly, general term): paucis (sc. verbis), breviter (in, few words): strictim: carptim (but slightly, not at length; opposed to copiose). (The words are found in this connection and order), breviter strictimque: praecise (touching the principal heads, with omissions; opposed to plene et perfecte): presse or pressius (in a cennpressed form, but fully and sufficiently; e.g., definire): arte (or arete): anguste (in small compass): quasi praeteriens (as if in passing). To speak or write briefly, breviter dicere, paucis dicere, brevi praecidere; paucis or breviter scribere or perscribere. Briefly, but well, paucis quidem, sed bene. Briefly and conclusively, contorte. To touch briefly, aliquid leviter tangere, breviter or strictim attingere; brevi praecidere. To give briefly, paucis verbis reddere, exponere, comprehendere. To state anything briefly, *paucis verbis reddere, exprimere or comprehendere aliquid. As briefly as possible, perquam breviter perstringere aliquid atque attingere.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for briefly?: The usual Latin words for “briefly” are brevis, paucī, strictim; also carptim, praecīsus, premō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.