succinctly

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/sʌkˈsɪŋ(k)t.li//səˈsɪŋ(k)t.li/

adverb

In a succinct manner, concisely.

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Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

adverbsuccinctly (comparative more succinctly, superlative most succinctly)

comparative more succinctly · superlative most succinctly

  1. In a succinct manner, concisely.

    ["]Who is he?" "He is Tom," replied Ajor succinctly.

    1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC
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    With this preface, Sam related, as succinctly as he could, the last memorable conversation he had had with Mr. Pickwick.

    1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XLIII, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

    My companion smiled approvingly. “You sum up the difficulties of the situation succinctly and well,” he said.

    1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […]), chapter IV (What John Rance had to Tell), page 26

    Synonyms: succinct · Antonyms: unsuccinctly

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a succinct manner, concisely.

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More synonyms by meaning

adverbwith concise and precise brevity; to the point

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Origin

Translations

Catalan succintament
  • succintamentin a succinct manner
Dutch bondig
  • bondigin a succinct manner
Hindi संक्षिप्त, संक्षेपतः
  • संक्षिप्त (saṅkṣipt)in a succinct manner
  • संक्षेपतः (saṅkṣeptaḥ)in a succinct manner
Latin succincte
  • succinctein a succinct manner
Portuguese sucintamente
  • sucintamentein a succinct manner
Spanish sucintamente
  • sucintamentein a succinct manner
Swedish koncist
  • koncistin a succinct manner
Turkish kısa, muhtasar
  • kısain a succinct manner
  • muhtasarin a succinct manner
  • özin a succinct manner
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