brief

[1]	advise , inform , fill in , coach , instruct , enlighten , explain , run through/down

[1]	legal brief
[2]	summary , outline , digest , resume , compendium , abstract , condensation , abridgement/(US) only abridgment , synopsis , extract
[3]	in brief , briefly , concisely , in sum , in summary , to sum up , succinctly , in a word

adj.

[1]	short , momentary , little , fleeting , short-lived , transitory , transient , evanescent , passing , temporary , ephemeral , fugitive
[2]	short , concise , succinct , to the point , condensed , shortened , cut , curtailed , abbreviated , compressed , abridged , thumbnail , compendious
[3]	curt , abrupt , terse , short , blunt , brusque