terse

(tûrs)
adj., ters·er, ters·est.
Brief and to the point; effectively concise: a terse one-word answer.

[Latin tersus, past participle of tergēre, to cleanse.]

tersely terse'ly adv.
terseness terse'ness n.

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Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen: brief, compendious, concise, laconic, lean², short, succinct, summary. See big/small/amount, style/good style/bad style, words.

adj

Definition: brief, short
Antonyms: lengthy, long-winded, prolix, wordy

IN BRIEF: Brief and to the point. Also: Pithy.

The vocabulary of `Bradshaw' is nervous and terse, but limited. — Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr. (1859-1930)

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• Intelligent, Informed, Clever, or Articulate

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fyndig, rammende, kort og klart

Nederlands (Dutch)
kort(af)

Français (French)
adj. - laconique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bündig, kurz

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βραχύς και περιληπτικός, σύντομος, λακωνικός, κοφτός, λιτός, ξηρός

Italiano (Italian)
conciso, terso, succinto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - conciso, terso (estilo)

Русский (Russian)
сжатый, краткий, приглаженный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - conciso, sucinto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kort och koncis (om t.ex. språk och stil), kortfattad, kärnfull, finslipad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
精练的, 简练的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 精練的, 簡練的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 간결한, 무뚝뚝한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 簡潔な, きびきびした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مهذب, مصقول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮תמציתי, קצר, ממעט במלים‬

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