TERSE
\tˈɜːs], \tˈɜːs], \t_ˈɜː_s]\
Definitions of TERSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
By Princeton University
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brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.
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Refined; accomplished; - said of persons.
By Oddity Software
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Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.
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Refined; accomplished; - said of persons.
By Noah Webster.
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Tersely.
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Terseness.
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Terser.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Tersely.
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Terseness.
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Elegantly concise; sententious.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
