All 5 Uses of
brief
in
Brave New World
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Still leaning against the incubators he gave them, while the pencils scurried illegibly across the pages, a brief description of the modern fertilizing process; spoke first, of course, of its surgical introduction–"the operation undergone voluntarily for the good of Society, not to mention the fact that it carries a bonus amounting to six months' salary"; continued with some account of the technique for preserving the excised ovary alive and actively developing; passed on to a…†
p. 5..4
- "In brief," the Director summed up, "the parents were the father and the mother."†
p. 24..2
- In brief, hypnopaedia.†
p. 28..7 *
- The President stood up, made the sign of the T and, switching on the synthetic music, let loose the soft indefatigable beating of drums and a choir of instruments–near-wind and super-string–that plangently repeated and repeated the brief and unescapably haunting melody of the first Solidarity Hymn.†
p. 80..7
- You can't teach a rhinoceros tricks," he had explained in his brief and vigorous style.†
p. 88..5
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Brief is most commonly encountered as an adjective meaning "of short duration." Other meanings derive from the idea of short--as when making a long story short by summarizing it, or when wearing briefs (underwear).