Antonyms for briefer

Grammar : Adj

Spell : breef

Phonetic Transcription : brif

Definition of briefer

Origin : late 13c., from Latin brevis (adj.) "short, low, little, shallow," from PIE *mregh-wi-, from root *mregh-u- "short" (cf. Greek brakhys "short," Old Church Slavonic bruzeja "shallow places, shoals," Gothic gamaurgjan "to shorten").

adj short, compressed
adj short in time

Example sentences :

The process was a brief one, but it might have been briefer.
Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever

We may add that the briefer form, Neolamarckism, is the more preferable.
Extract from : « Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution » by Alpheus Spring Packard

One question is all I ask; you can hardly expect me to be briefer.
Extract from : « Ten Years Later » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere

None could be briefer, for, to arrive at it, man had to be reduced to a minimum.
Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 3 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine

It was briefer and less satisfactory than he had anticipated.
Extract from : « Tommy and Co. » by Jerome K. Jerome

The last note, dated 1861, March 20, was briefer than its predecessor.
Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Which is to say, in briefer phrase, that her name will live always.
Extract from : « Mark Twain's Speeches » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

The youth of this generation promised to be briefer than ever!
Extract from : « Black Oxen » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

The answer is sharp and authoritative, being at once briefer and fuller.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1 » by A. Maclaren

His interview with Lady Ardingly had been briefer, but, he felt, more to the point.
Extract from : « Scarlet and Hyssop » by E. F. Benson

Synonyms for briefer

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