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tersely

tersely adverb: in a brief, concise, or to the point manner.

Adverb

tersely (comparative more tersely, superlative most tersely)

  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
    Synonyms:
    concisely

Synonyms of tersely

Antonyms

Forms of tersely

comparativemore tersely
superlativemost tersely

Origin of tersely

From terse + -ly.

Questions about tersely

What does tersely mean?
Tersely means in a brief, concise, or to the point manner.
What part of speech is tersely?
Tersely is an adverb.

Words near tersely in the dictionary

  1. terræ
  2. TERs
  3. Tersanctus
  4. Terschelling
  5. terse
  6. tersely
  7. terseness
  8. tersenesses
  9. terser
  10. tersest
  11. tersion

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