Thesaurus: terse
Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
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Definitions
- superl. Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
- superl. Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.
- superl. Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.
- adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short
- j:100 s brief and to the point; effectively cut short; `yes'"