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Definition of Tersely
1. Adverb. In a short and concise manner. "A particular bird, exactly and tersely described in the book of birds"
Definition of Tersely
1. Adverb. In a brief, concise, or to the point manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tersely
1. terse [adv] - See also: terse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tersely
Literary usage of Tersely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theodore Roosevelt: The Logic of His Career by Charles Grenfill Washburn (1916)
"As Roosevelt tersely put the fact, "In battle the only shots that count are the
shots that hit." . He took the very sensible view that our ships must be at ..."
2. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1916)
"The Court and jury and others have in effect said, "she served him right," or
less tersely, "his death was her only protection," but unfortunately the dead ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Eminent Domain in the United States by John Lewis (1900)
"rights.9 The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania puts the matter very tersely and
forcibly as follows: "The law abhors all ex parte proceedings without notice. ..."
4. Sketches in Crude Oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum by John James McLaurin (1896)
"Its news was concise and fresh, its oil-reports were not doctored for speculative
ends, it had opinions and presented them tersely. ..."
5. The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (1852)
"Money continues easy for good paper, and the present low prices are looked upon
as available, or, as it is tersely expressed on 'Change, " there is money in ..."
6. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1893)
"it has been most tersely defined as " wealth in use." 1 Thus it is said that
capital stock "exists only nominally " and is the mere representative of the ..."
7. Delight, the Soul of Art: Five Lectures by Arthur Jerome Eddy by Arthur Jerome Eddy (1902)
"Let me read you all this little poem, " Sparkles from the Wheel," just to show
you how tersely, with what reserve and condensation Whitman can put before ..."
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