succinctly
/səkˈsɪŋktli/suhk-SINGKT-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/səkˈsɪŋktli/suhk-SINGKT-lee
Meaningin a succinct way
Common meaning: briefly and clearly
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- sucunder, after (form of sub-)
- cinctto put a belt round, encircleLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 332 · scan
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘under, after (form of sub-)’ + ‘to put a belt round, encircle’ → succinctly
Journey through time
- Latincingō, cīnxī, cīnctum‘to put a belt round, encircle’
- Englishsuccinct‘said briefly and neatly’
- Englishformed in English from succinctsuccinctly‘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
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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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 succinct + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SUCCINCT, p.607 · scan
Roots
- cingō, cīnxī, cīnctum Latin “to put a belt round, encircle”
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