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Discover LudwigThe phrase "thought briefly" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to a moment of contemplation or to suggest that someone only gave consideration to something for a short period of time. For example, "She thought briefly about attending the meeting, but eventually decided not to go."
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Brokaw thought briefly about pursuing a Ph.D. in classics.
He thought briefly about an attorney general run.
She thought briefly about moving to San Francisco.
I thought briefly about tears and saliva and didn't care.
"I thought briefly, is this too unusual?" Ms. Meyer recalled.
He thought briefly about remaining in the academic profession but decided otherwise.
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Pétain did think, briefly, of giving the vote to widows.
I think briefly that he might be welling up.
I think, briefly, of all the things I could buy with £150.
Fish thinks briefly about taking one of the lollipops and stuffing it up Adam's fat fucking nose.
She thinks briefly and then says, "Meryn Trant", which is understandable since he was a particularly vile chauvinist who had already attacked her sister and was, at the time of his death, sadistically beating three vulnerable young girls.
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