briefly vs in a word

briefly

adv
  • For a brief period. 

  • In a brief manner, summarily. 

  • To be brief, in short. 

in a word

prep
  • In summation: all in all, altogether, in total, overall, to sum up 

  • In summarization: briefly, concisely, summarily, in short; to sum up 

How often have the words briefly and in a word occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )