terse

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  1. adjective Brief and to the point; effectively concise: a terse one-word answer.

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  • For the most part they were dry, terse, and favorable, as if Fletcher was too grand to dole out much praise, but instead dribbled it out tastefully, like a rich sauce over dessert. —  Aeon One
  • Her lips twisted as she recalled the terse, typewritten note that had accompanied her lost bag when it had arrived by courier. —  TheCaridesPregnancy
  • It was hard to say what it had originally contained: all the printing and manufacturer's logos on the box had been scribbled out and replaced with a terse, angry scrawl of a name— Tibor! —  FSFOct/Nov2004
  • Haskell semantics are not just terse, they are very different. —  reddit.com: what's new online!
  • Nagoshi's post is quite terse, and he doesn't explicitly say Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 sold 300,000 copies, and hints at more to ... —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin tersus, past participle of tergēre, to cleanse.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese Italian terso, from Latin tersus, wiped off, clean, neat, pure, past participle of tergere, wipe, rub off, wipe dry, polish.
 

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