concise
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
concise/kənˈsʌɪs/
▶adjective giving information clearly and in few words.
– derivatives
concisely adverb,
conciseness noun,
concision noun.
concisely adverb,
conciseness noun,
concision noun.
– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as concision): from Fr. concis or L. concisus, past part. of concidere ‘cut up, cut down’.
'concise' also found in these Oxford entries:
apophthegm
- brevity
- brief
- compendious
- condensation
- condense
- epigram
- incisive
- lapidary
- pith
- snappy
- taut
- telegraphic
- terse
- thumbnail
- tight
