conciselyadv.
/kənˈsʌɪsli/, U.S. /kənˈsaɪsli/ In a concise manner.
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shortlyc893
brieflya1300
shortc1374
in sumc1384
compendiously1398
in brief1423
roundlya1516
succinctly?1537
brief1557
succinct1593
abbreviately1599
compactly1603
laconically1631
presslya1637
compactedly1649
curtly1654
concisely1686
laconicly1709
straightforwardly1874
scantly1885
1686 J. Goodman Winter-evening Conf. (new ed.) iii. 72 You will not be too prolix in your arguments..but deal concisely and dcretorily.
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vii. Observ. 163 Ulysses here speaks very concisely.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 275 I define figure..more concisely, the limit of solid.
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adv.1686- gather to a head
- gather to store
- gather together
- gather up
- gather up one's crumbs
- gather up the threads
- gather way
- gather wool
- gather-bag
- gather-dam
- gatherable
- gatherbag
- gatherdam
- gathered
- gatherer
- gatherer up
- gatherers
- gathering
- gathering piece
- gathering-board
- gathering-coal
- gathering-cry
- gathering-ground
- gathering-hoop
- gathering-iron