All 8 Uses of
brief
in
Dune
- Not for a briefing.†
Book 1 (definition 1) *
- Kynes took a deep breath to still his resentment against Halleck, who had briefed him on how to behave with the Duke and ducal heir.†
Book 1 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Brief scuffing sounds echoed around the room as the men took seats.†
Book 1 (definition 2)
- Leto's assessment of Kynes—based partly on Hawat's brief verbal report (guarded and full of suspicions)—suddenly crystallized: the man was Fremen.†
Book 1 (definition 2)
- In the brief silence, Paul thought: He's pushing this Kynes too hard.†
Book 1 (definition 2) *
- Slowly measured bites of orange glare, showers of rock and dust in the brief illumination—and the Duke's men were being sealed off to die by starvation, caught like animals in their burrows.†
Book 1 (definition 2)
- A spill of sand spread its brief curtain across the open end of the fissure.†
Book 2 (definition 2)
- There came a brief flurry of breeze across her face.†
Book 2 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (brief as in: briefed her) to give a summary of important information to someone
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(2) (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).