Dictionary

tersely en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English terse Middle English -ly English -ly English tersely From terse + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a brief, concise, or to the point manner.
   • It was replaced by a New Euston, "bold in design and layout and in keeping with a new railway era". Betjeman was unmoved, describing it tersely as "no masterpiece" and noting that its lack of platform seating made it an "inhuman structure" which seemed to ignore passengers. 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 45:

Forms

Antonyms

verbosely

Synonyms

concisely

Translations (21)

it concisamente (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · sv kärnfullt (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · mk кра́тко (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · it chiaramente (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · bg сбито (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · ru ёмко (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · sv koncist (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · de knapp (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · ru лакони́чно (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · it puntualmente (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · bg кратко (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · de konzis (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · de gedrängt (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · ru кра́тко (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · sv kortfattat (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · it brevemente (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · it succintamente (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · it sinteticamente (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · ru сжа́то (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · de prägnant (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner) · la astrictē (In a brief, concise, or to the point manner)