Question

2440 ✗ She spoke very briefly about how they had lived during the war. She spoke very [[briefly]] about how they had lived during the war. briefly | shortly

Accepted Answer

shortly She spoke very shortly about how they had lived during the war. She spoke very [[shortly]] about how they had lived during the war. briefly shortly = (1) impatiently; not politely: 'He answered rather shortly that he was NOT the slightest bit interested.' (2) very soon: 'The accident happened shortly after they moved into their new house.'briefly = for a short time: 'We talked briefly about the financial side of the agreement and then moved on to other matters.'

Idx	2440
Keyword	shortly
Type of Sentence	✗
Error Sentence	She spoke very shortly about how they had lived during the war.
Correct Sentence	She spoke very briefly about how they had lived during the war.
Cloze Error Sentence	She spoke very [[shortly]] about how they had lived during the war.
Cloze Sentence	She spoke very [[briefly]] about how they had lived during the war.
Cloze Answer	briefly
Choices	briefly \| shortly
Explanation	shortly = (1) impatiently; not politely: 'He answered rather shortly that he was NOT the slightest bit interested.' (2) very soon: 'The accident happened shortly after they moved into their new house.' briefly = for a short time: 'We talked briefly about the financial side of the agreement and then moved on to other matters.'

Shortly Briefly Spoke Lived War Moved Impatiently Politely