I am going to take a brief break for lunch.
i use brief as an adjective
i had a brief talk with a counselor
The colonel told me he'd need to brief us before the mission.
The sentence was brief.He looked at her for a brief moment.
Another key part of the brief was to make the sculpture tactile.
Example sentence - The lawyer had worked long hours on his briefs.
Your question was brief.
a three day vacation is too brief for me
If there is a comma after brief there may be more to the sentence.
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short "short and terse and easy to understand"
There is no such English word.Possible words could be:ethical - moral, honorableephemeral - brief, short, fleeting
"For a brief period in history, one of the most luxurious and stately ways of travel, was aboard a dirigible."
An interim means an interval. There was a brief interim in the meeting while everyone got organized.