Terse
[tɜːs] or [tɝs]
Definition
(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.
Inputed by Carlo
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Concise (with elegance), brief, compact, neat, pithy, sententious, not diffuse, not verbose, not prolix, not rambling, not wordy, not loose, not long-winded, not pleonastic, not tautological.
Editor: Tamara
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Neat, smooth, pithy, expressive, forcible, energetic, compact, concise,succinct
ANT:Coarse, rough, rude, unpolished, inconcise, unsuccinct, prolix, diffuse
Editor: Miles
Definition
adj. compact or concise with smoothness or elegance: neat.—adv. Terse′ly.—ns. Terse′ness conciseness brevity; Ter′sion act of wiping.
Edited by Ethelred
Examples
- Some years ago a certain application was made, and contained the following terse and modest sentence: I have designed a concentrating plant and built a machine shop, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His terse comment on my report was: 'Rotten. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Terse and to the point, remarked Holmes, stretching his long, thin legs towards the fire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In a few terse phrases he told me his opinion of, and feeling towards, the actress: he judged her as a womannot an artist: it was a branding judgment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But perhaps the most practical and best characterization of the phonograph is given in Mr. Edison’s own terse words. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was short and terse, the warning, as I now read it to my companion: 'The game is up. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The story may be told in his own terse language: I was not the inventor of the auto repeater, but while in Memphis I worked on one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Vicky