What does "concisely" mean?

In a concise manner, briefly, without excessive length.

What is a synonym for "concisely"?

Common synonyms include: brief, briefly, briefly, curtly, economically, in a word.

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Adverb

1
In a concise manner, briefly, without excessive length.
"He concisely explains that Whig histories tend to "praise revolutions [for history of science, we could read novelties, ideas or individuals] provided they have been successful, emphasise certain principles of progress in the past and produce a story which is the ratification if not the glorification of the present"."

Adverb

"This sentence is not ungrammatical, but the same meaning can be expressed a bit more concisely."

From concise + -ly.

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