terselyadv.
/ˈtəːsli/, U.S. /ˈtərsli/ In a terse manner or style.† a. In a refined or elegant manner; elegantly, politely. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adverb]
nicelyc1450
polishedly1594
tersely1600
politely1624
refinedly1645
elegantly1728
spirituelly1825
sophisticatedly1956
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adverb] > in polished or cultured manner
roundly1538
tersely1600
politely1624
smooth1746
1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Dram. Pers. sig. Aiiiv Fastidius Briske..sweares tersely, and with varietie.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. D2v Thus thou canst tearcely live to satisfie The belly chiefly; not the eye.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Linc. 165 That one living in so ignorant and superstitious a generation could write so tercely.
b. In relation to language: Neatly, concisely.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb]
largec1405
sensibly?a1425
eloquently1471
fectuallyc1485
in largea1500
pithily1533
enforcingly1571
emphatically1577
nervously1641
sensible1659
nervosely1678
forcefullya1774
cogentlya1797
accentedly1856
tersely1874
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > concisely and forcibly
pithily1533
neatly1540
tersely1874
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §10. 704 The cry of the York mob..expressed tersely the creed of the English trader.
1903 Times 1 Apr. 9/5 The Judge has tersely summed this up.
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