tersely

English

Etymology

terse +‎ -ly

Adverb

tersely (comparative more tersely, superlative most tersely)

In a brief, concise, or to the point manner.
- 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 45:
  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.

Synonyms

concisely

Antonyms

verbosely

Translations

In a brief, concise, or to the point manner

Bulgarian: кратко (bg) (kratko), сбито (bg) (sbito)
German: knapp (de), prägnant (de), gedrängt (de), konzis (de)
Italian: chiaramente (it), concisamente (it), succintamente (it), brevemente (it), sinteticamente (it), puntualmente (it)
Latin: astrictē
Macedonian: кра́тко (krátko)
Russian: кра́тко (ru) (krátko), сжа́то (ru) (sžáto), лакони́чно (ru) (lakoníčno), ёмко (ru) (jómko)
Swedish: koncist (sv), kortfattat (sv), kärnfullt (sv)

Anagrams

Esterly, restyle

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