per-brĕvis, e, adj.,
very short , very brief or concise : orator perornatus et perbrevis, Cic. Brut. 43, 158: perbrevi tempore, id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 22.—Separate: altera pars per mihi brevis videtur, id. Clu. 1, 2.—In abl.: perbrevi, adverbially, in a very short time , Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 3.—Adv.: perbrĕ-vĭter , very briefly , very concisely : quid sentiam, perbreviter exponam, Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235 al.