abridgedlyadv.
/əˈbrɪdʒᵻdli/, U.S. /əˈbrɪdʒᵻdli/ Now rare.
In an abridged form; concisely, in brief.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > [adverb] > by way of summary or in short
in conclusionc1386
compendiously1398
brieflya1475
summarily1529
summarly1543
abridgedly1704
resumptively1716
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > compressed or abbreviated
narrowlyOE
cuttedly1530
contractly1576
contractedly1611
abstractlya1638
curtailedlya1657
abridgedly1704
compressedly1830
compressingly1830
condensely1832
condensedly1880
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [adverb]
breviately1509
summarily1529
summarly1543
synoptically1667
abridgedly1704
1704 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1702 He has consulted the best Authors and Dictionaries in that kind he could meet with, and hath from thence transcribed abridgedly all that seem'd necessary.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Arriere, a French Term, literally signifying the hind or posterior Part of any Thing; usually wrote in English, abridgedly, Rear.
1793 J. Wilde Addr. Soc. Friends of People 403 The letter to the King is long, but it is still more important. I shall mention, abridgedly but substantially, what it contained.
1801 R. Woodhouse in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 100 Which series is abridgedly expressed by the symbol.
1845 Southern Lit. Messenger Jan. 57/1 Those which we quote in the author's words, are marked by inverted commas. The rest are his thoughts, expressed abridgedly by us.
1859 I. S. Hormans Cycl. Commerce (ed. 2) 689/1 Folio, in account-books, signifies page. Thus folio 7—written abridgedly fo. 7—denotes the seventh page.
1999 Re: Digital's Real Blunder? in comp.os.vms (Usenet newsgroup) 9 June However, to quote (abridgedly) other posters in this group: ‘It's the price!’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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