The Only Use of
brief
in
And Then There Were None
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- He wouldn't have had time during that brief interval when I left him-not, that is, unless he fairly hared down there and back again, and I doubt if he's in good enough training to do that and show no signs of it.†
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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).