succinctly

English

Etymology

succinct +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌkˈsɪŋ(k)t.li/, /səˈsɪŋ(k)t.li/

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Adverb

succinctly (comparative more succinctly, superlative most succinctly)

1. In a succinct manner, concisely.

   Antonym: unsuccinctly

   • 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XLIII, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:

     With this preface, Sam related, as succinctly as he could, the last memorable conversation he had had with Mr. Pickwick.

   • 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter IV, in A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, 3rd edition, London, New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., […], published 1892, →OCLC:

     My companion smiled approvingly. “You sum up the difficulties of the situation succinctly and well,” he said.

   • 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter 4, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I, II, or III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:

     ["]Who is he?" "He is Tom," replied Ajor succinctly.

Translations

in a succinct manner

• Catalan: succintament (ca)
• Dutch: bondig (nl)
• Latin: succincte
• Macedonian: содр́жајно (sodŕžajno)
• Spanish: sucintamente
• Swedish: koncist (sv)
• Turkish: kısa (tr), muhtasar (tr), öz (tr)