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11terse — tersely, adv. terseness, n. /terrs/, adj. terser, tersest. 1. neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language. 2. abruptly concise; curt; brusque. [1595 1605; < L tersus, ptp. of tergere to rub off, wipe off, clean, polish] Syn. 1.… …
12telegraphically — adverb in a short and concise manner a particular bird, exactly and tersely described in the book of birds • Syn: ↑tersely • Derived from adjective: ↑terse (for: ↑tersely), ↑telegraphic * * * …
13terse — [tə:s US tə:rs] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: tersus clean, neat , from tergere to wipe off ] a terse reply, message etc uses very few words and often shows that you are annoyed ▪ Derek s terse reply ended the conversation. >tersely… …
14terse — [[t]tɜ͟ː(r)s[/t]] terser, tersest ADJ GRADED A terse statement or comment is brief and unfriendly. He issued a terse statement, saying he is discussing his future with colleagues before announcing his decision on Monday... His tone was terse as… …
15terse — adjective a terse reply, message etc uses very few words and often shows that you are annoyed: Derek s terse reply ended the conversation. tersely adverb: “Continue!” he said tersely. terseness noun (U) …
16Compactly — Com*pact ly, adv. In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely. [1913 Webster] …
17Epigram — Ep i*gram, n. [L. epigramma, fr. Gr. ? inscription, epigram, fr. ? to write upon, epi upon + ? to write: cf. F. [ e]pigramme. See {Graphic}.] 1. A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so… …
18pithy — adjective (pithier; est) Date: 1562 1. consisting of or abounding in pith 2. having substance and point ; tersely cogent Synonyms: see concise • pithily adverb • pithiness noun …
19terse — adjective (terser; tersest) Etymology: Latin tersus clean, neat, from past participle of tergēre to wipe off Date: 1601 1. smoothly elegant ; polished 2. devoid of superfluity < a terse summary >; also short, brusque …
20Countable set — Countable redirects here. For the linguistic concept, see Count noun. Not to be confused with (recursively) enumerable sets. In mathematics, a countable set is a set with the same cardinality (number of elements) as some subset of the set of… …
