Meanings
comparative more tersely · superlative most tersely
- 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 45Synonyms: concisely
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin a short and concise manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian кратко, сбито
- кратко (kratko)In a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- сбито (sbito)In a brief, concise, or to the point manner
German knapp, prägnant
- knappIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- prägnantIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- gedrängtIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- konzisIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
Italian chiaramente, concisamente
- chiaramenteIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- concisamenteIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- succintamenteIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- brevementeIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- sinteticamenteIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- puntualmenteIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
Latin astrictē
- astrictēIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
Russian кра́тко, сжа́то
- кра́тко (krátko)In a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- сжа́то (sžáto)In a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- лакони́чно (lakoníčno)In a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- ёмко (jómko)In a brief, concise, or to the point manner
Swedish koncist, kortfattat
- koncistIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- kortfattatIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
- kärnfulltIn a brief, concise, or to the point manner
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Cite this entry
tersely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tersely
“tersely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tersely. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tersely,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tersely.
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