terse

terse  (tûrs)

adj. ters·er, ters·est

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

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[Latin tersus, past participle of tergre, to cleanse.]

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tersely adv.

terseness n.

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terse [tɜːs]

adj

1. neatly brief and concise

2. curt; abrupt

[from Latin tersus precise, from tergēre to polish]

tersely  adv

terseness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

terse - brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand" laconic, curt, crisp concise - expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"

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terse

adjective

1. curt, abrupt, brusque, short, rude, tart, snappy, gruff His tone was terse as he asked the question.
curt polite, chatty

2. concise, short, brief, clipped, neat, to the point, crisp, compact, summary, condensed, incisive, elliptical, laconic, succinct, pithy, monosyllabic, gnomic, epigrammatic, aphoristic, sententious He issued a terse statement, saying the decision will be made on Monaday.
concise lengthy, rambling, roundabout, long-winded, confused, vague, wordy, discursive, verbose, circumlocutory

Translations

terse [tɜːs] ADJ (terser (compar) (tersest (superl))) [reply, tone, person] → lacónico, seco; [statement] → escueto

terse [ˈtɜː^rs] adj [style] → concis(e); [reply] → laconique; [statement] → concis(e); [voice] → sec*(sèche)

terse

adj (+er) → knapp; he was very terse → er war sehr kurz angebunden

terse [tɜːs] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) (style) → conciso/a; (reply) → laconico/a