Definition of Briefer

1. Adjective. (comparative of brief) ¹

2. Noun. One who provides a briefing ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Briefer

1. one that briefs [n -S] - See also: briefs

Lexicographical Neighbors of Briefer

bridleways
bridling
bridoon
bridoons
brie
brief
brief psychiatric rating scale
brief psychotherapy
brief reactive psychosis
briefcase
briefcase bomb
briefcase computer
briefcases
briefe
briefed
briefer (current term)
briefers
briefest
briefing
briefing note
briefings
briefless
briefly
briefman
briefmen
briefness
briefnesses
briefs
brier-wood

Literary usage of Briefer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"Lyric : varieties of ode ; Ode to Naples ; the briefer ode : To the We*t Wind, ... briefer lyrics; their varieties; fragility, and intellectual substance. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The active or wandering dunes are also taken up and will be completed in a subsequent number. The following briefer articles appear : Ralph E. Smith : ' A ..."

3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"briefer ARTICLES PURPLE BUD SPORT ON PALE FLOWERED LILAC (SYRINGA PERSICA) (WITH ONE FIGURE) In the present state of our knowledge of bud sports, ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"... number of briefer contributions, he has written Apostolic and Modern Missions (New York, 1898). MARTIN, mar"tan', DAVID: French Protestant; ..."

5. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"An Answere to the Hollanders Declaration concerning the occurrents of the East India, contracted somewhat briefer then in the former Impression. ..."

6. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"Nor is there a briefer or better method than by quoting the author's own little leaflet entire. " By request of friends, to answer inquiries, ..."

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