terse

/tɜːs/

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sıfat

veciz General
özlü General
kısa ve özlü (söz) General
(söz) kısa ve özlü General
şık General
zarif General
temiz Archaic
parlak Archaic
parıldayan Archaic

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

sıfat Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
“In eight terse lines has Phædrus told / (So frugal were the Bards of old) / A Tale of Goats; and clos'd with grace / Plan, Moral, all, in that ſhort space.”
sıfat Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
“'Laura!' The voice halting her was terse. Brusque. She turned. [...] 'Before I go,' he said, and his voice was terse, tighter than ever. 'I want to ensure you understand something.'”
sıfat Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.
“By Phœbus, here's a moſt neate fine ſtreete; is't not? I proteſt to thee, I am enamord of this ſtreete now, more then of halfe the ſtreetes of Rome, againe; tis ſo polite, and terſe; [...]”

Eş anlamlılar

concise succinct brief crisp laconic lapidary short-winded tight to the point taut abrupt brusque mardy short-spoken

Zıt anlamlılar

prolix verbose wordy circumlocutory diffuse periphrastic palaverous pleonastic rigmarole sesquipedalian

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