All 3 Uses of
brief
in
Great Expectations
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- In brief, Joe thought that if I thought well of it, he thought well of it.†
Chpt 15 *
- Although I had sent Mr. Jaggers a brief account of the accident as soon as I had arrived in town, yet I had to give him all the details now; and the speciality of the occasion caused our talk to be less dry and hard, and less strictly regulated by the rules of evidence, than it had been before.†
Chpt 51
- These were its brief contents:— "Not wishful to intrude I have departured fur you are well again dear Pip and will do better without JO.†
Chpt 57
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).