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US
/kənˈsaɪsɫi/
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[ UK /kənsˈaɪsli/ ]
[ UK /kənsˈaɪsli/ ]
ADVERB
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in a concise manner; in a few words
to put it shortly
the history is summed up concisely in this book
briefly, we have a problem
she replied briefly
How To Use concisely In A Sentence
- Teaching content should be chosen concisely.
- A phrase I have coined, “Feeding the Web 2.0 monster” concisely sums up the workload in using Web 2.0 technology. Can social media save the day for wineries? | Dr Vino's wine blog
- To put the case more concisely, the _Star of the North_ had been carried for the distance of _four degrees and a half_ exactly of longitude backward on her outward track to New York and some _two degrees_ or thereabouts to the southwards, placing us as nearly as possible in the position the skipper had already indicated, a direction of some five hundred miles more or less from our proper course and about midway between Bermuda and the Azores, or Western Islands. The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea
- He'd delivered his report clearly and concisely.
- As well organized and concisely accurate as it is, the book will still be dauntingly massive for many users pining for some simple, quick reference method for getting at specific features and techniques.
- The general principles behind the method used are explained clearly and concisely.
- His efforts in producing the polished phrase, the pithy retort are far greater than his efforts to tell a fascinating story clearly and concisely.
- And so Plato [591] praises, and compares to clever javelin-men, such as speak tersely, compressedly, and concisely. Plutarch's Morals
- The ballet - set to a mix of composers including Schubert and placed in an ingeniously contrived cloudscape - makes its point concisely, coherently, and prettily.
- I shall concisely mention four cases of aphtha, but do not pretend to determine whether they were all of them symptomatic or original diseases. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life