| 单词 | to come roundly to the point |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come roundly to the point ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] shortlyc893 brieflya1300 shortc1374 in sumc1384 compendiously1398 in brief1423 roundlya1516 succinctly?1537 brief1557 succinct1593 abbreviately1599 compactly1603 laconically1631 presslya1637 compactedly1649 curtly1654 concisely1686 laconicly1709 straightforwardly1874 scantly1885 a1516 H. Medwall Godely Interlude Fulgens sig. Cvii Moche rehersall wolde let the spede Of all this matter... Let vs roundely to the matter we come for. 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1303/2 He went roundly to the matter, and sayd vnto them: what wyl ye gyue me and I shal delyuer hym to you. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 143 Then (to go to the matter roundly without circumstances) here be two parts. 1622 L. Andrewes Serm. (1841) IV. 160 They go roundlier to the point than doth Suarez, or any of them have been blundering about this gear of late. 1626 R. Peeke Three to One sig. A4 Not to weary you with long Præambles,..I will come roundly to the matter. 1713 in A. Boyer Quadriennium Annæ Postremum (1719) VII. 450 He comes roundly to the Point, and intreats me to give them some Ease and Comfort. 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl I. v. 137 Sir Solomon was obliged to come roundly to the point. 1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon I. xxxi. 298/1 The Sheik of Alexandria, who affected so much devotion to Buonaparte's person, came roundly to the point with him. 1893 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 395 After some preparatory talk, he came roundly to the point. < as lemmas |
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