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tersely

[ turs-lee ]

adverb

  1. in an effectively concise manner; succinctly:

    This phenomenally prolific creator of tersely plotted psychological thrillers deserves to be on your bookshelves.

    The ordinance fulfills the tersely and clearly worded language of the city's comprehensive plan.

  2. in an abruptly concise manner; brusquely:

    “Maybe that's my business,” replied the girl tersely as she turned away.



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  • un·terse·ly adverb
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Example Sentences

He has replied, tersely, that he’s received their messages.

He responded tersely to a defendant’s attorney who argued that the current system had been in place for 100 years.

“These journalists were accomplices in crimes against humanity,” the public diplomacy department of the prime minister’s office said in a tersely worded statement.

"Don't let Cybil or this whole corporate machine make you doubt your worth," Mia pleads with Chris, who calmly yet tersely replies, "I never doubted my worth. I just didn't know other people did."

From Salon

Asked last week why the official investigation hasn’t yielded any results, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded tersely that it’s a “difficult probe.”

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