tersely

1. 1.

   in a short and concise manner

   “a particular bird, exactly and tersely described in the book of birds”

   Synonymstelegraphically

Questions about tersely

What does tersely mean?

tersely means "in a short and concise manner".

How many syllables are in tersely?

tersely has 2 syllables: ter-sely. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˈtɝsli/.

What is another word for tersely?

Close synonyms include telegraphically. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tersely a common word?

tersely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.