Meanings of received brief in English

We wrote long letters to them, and received brief but pithy replies.

Sophie, being drowsy, asked but few questions, and received brief replies.

They asked him about his trip, and received brief answers.

At the agreed times he called the mother ship and received brief acknowledgements from Rugon.

Van Berg addressed her affably two or three times, but received brief and discouraging answers.

In the present study, 9 internal medicine residents received brief MET prior to standard education in SBIRT.

He settled down in St. Francis Hotel, was interviewed by the cub-reporters on the hotel-run, and received brief paragraphs of notice for twenty-four hours.

Sixteen percent reported assessment for all risks, 16.2% received brief advice for all risks, and 0.6% were offered a specific referral for all risks.