Terse
adjective
Brief and to the point, using few words.
His reply was terse and unhelpful.
Often appears as...
- terse reply
- terse statement
adjective
Brief and to the point, using few words.
His reply was terse and unhelpful.
Often appears as...
- terse reply
- terse statement
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Cold
Terse language can sound unfriendly or curt, as it lacks warmth or detail.
Her terse 'thanks' seemed cold.
Pro Tip 2/3Efficiency in Text
In written communication, being terse can make messages quicker to read and write.
Emails are often kept terse for efficiency.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Tone
A terse style is often used in formal and professional settings for clarity.
Her performance review was terse but informative.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Cold
Terse language can sound unfriendly or curt, as it lacks warmth or detail.
Her terse 'thanks' seemed cold.
Pro Tip 2/3Efficiency in Text
In written communication, being terse can make messages quicker to read and write.
Emails are often kept terse for efficiency.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Tone
A terse style is often used in formal and professional settings for clarity.
Her performance review was terse but informative.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Cold
Terse language can sound unfriendly or curt, as it lacks warmth or detail.
Her terse 'thanks' seemed cold.
Pro Tip 2/3Efficiency in Text
In written communication, being terse can make messages quicker to read and write.
Emails are often kept terse for efficiency.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Tone
A terse style is often used in formal and professional settings for clarity.
Her performance review was terse but informative.
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Why you should define...
And he replied with two pages of text. This is very unlike him. He is a terse dude. And not only was he familiar with stoicism, but he pointed out, for all of his most important decisions, his inflection points, when he stood up for his principles and ethics,
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Measuring what makes...
Francisco and I'd get a terse response oh that's worse so one particular day out when I was feeling a little depressed and not a lot of joie de vivre I ended up in the local bookstore around the corner from our offices and I initially ended up in the business
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and they actually learning how to place their terse where to place a terse learning what their capabilities are they're building up the muscles so when the day comes that they really have to do this for real and they're fighting
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Why you should define...
And he replied with two pages of text. This is very unlike him. He is a terse dude. And not only was he familiar with stoicism, but he pointed out, for all of his most important decisions, his inflection points, when he stood up for his principles and ethics,
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Measuring what makes...
Francisco and I'd get a terse response oh that's worse so one particular day out when I was feeling a little depressed and not a lot of joie de vivre I ended up in the local bookstore around the corner from our offices and I initially ended up in the business
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Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...
and they actually learning how to place their terse where to place a terse learning what their capabilities are they're building up the muscles so when the day comes that they really have to do this for real and they're fighting
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Quote examples
Emily Thornberry
British Politician
Even though I've had the odd terse word to say about Donald Trump, I still get invited to events at the U.S. embassy. I always attend, because as long as they're prepared to hear the opposite viewpoint, then I'll never miss that chance when I can.
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Joseph Pulitzer
American Publisher
The American people want something terse, forcible, picturesque, striking - something that will arrest their attention, enlist their sympathy, arouse their indignation, stimulate their imagination, convince their reason, awaken their conscience.
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James Wolcott
American Critic
As we divest ourselves of once familiar physical objects - digitize and dematerialize - we approach a 'Star Trek' future in which everything can be accessed from the fourth dimension with a few clicks or terse audibles.
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Nell Scovell
American Journalist
It's notoriously difficult to get actors to go on record speaking about other actors. Such requests are usually met with terse replies from publicists explaining that their clients are on set and too busy to reply.
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Donald McCaig
American Novelist
I'm out of the terse Hemingway school.
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Emily Thornberry
British Politician
Even though I've had the odd terse word to say about Donald Trump, I still get invited to events at the U.S. embassy. I always attend, because as long as they're prepared to hear the opposite viewpoint, then I'll never miss that chance when I can.
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Joseph Pulitzer
American Publisher
The American people want something terse, forcible, picturesque, striking - something that will arrest their attention, enlist their sympathy, arouse their indignation, stimulate their imagination, convince their reason, awaken their conscience.
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James Wolcott
American Critic
As we divest ourselves of once familiar physical objects - digitize and dematerialize - we approach a 'Star Trek' future in which everything can be accessed from the fourth dimension with a few clicks or terse audibles.
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Nell Scovell
American Journalist
It's notoriously difficult to get actors to go on record speaking about other actors. Such requests are usually met with terse replies from publicists explaining that their clients are on set and too busy to reply.
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Donald McCaig
American Novelist
I'm out of the terse Hemingway school.
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