All 5 Uses of
brief
in
Main Street
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- A bright hard winter day, the wind shrill, black and silver clouds booming across the sky, everything in panicky motion during the brief light.†
Chpt 9
- She faced Juanita Haydock, cocked her head at Maud Dyer's brief nod, and came home to Bea radiant.†
Chpt 10
- And I am proud to say, my fellow citizens, that in his brief stay here Mr. Blausser has become my warm personal friend as well as my fellow booster, and I advise you all to very carefully attend to the hints of a man who knows how to achieve.†
Chpt 35
- She learned, in brief, that this was the one Logical Location for factories and wholesale houses.†
Chpt 35 *
- Mrs. Kennicott confided to Ye Scribe that she will be connected with one of the multifarious war activities now centering in the Nation's Capital for a brief period before returning.†
Chpt 36
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).