Lewis Short
(adjective) : per-brĕvis, e
* Very short, very brief or concise: orator perornatus et perbrevis,Cic. Brut. 43, 158: perbrevi tempore,Cic. 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary