concisely
/kənˈsaɪsli/kuhn-SIGH-slee
/kənˈsaɪsli/kuhn-SIGH-slee
Meaningin a concise way
Common meaning: briefly and clearly
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- ciscut; fell, killLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 261 · scan
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘with, together’ + ‘cut’ → concisely
Journey through time
- Latincaedō, cecīdī, caesum‘cut’
- Frenchconcis
- Englishconcise‘short and clear, with nothing wasted’
- Englishformed in English from conciseconcisely‘briefly and clearly’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from concise + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CONCISE, p.127 · scan
Roots
- caedō, cecīdī, caesum Latin “cut; fell, kill”
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