tersely

Phonetic Respelling: [ turs-lee ]

Definition:

adv. in a short and concise manner

Sentence:

The child tersely gave his one-word description of the pigs near the camp.

More example sentences:

The child tersely gave his one-word description of the pigs near the camp.

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Synonyms:

briefly; concisely;curtly; laconically

Antonyms:

verbosely;wordily

How many syllables in tersely?

2 syllables Play Syllables Game

Divide tersely into syllables:

terse-ly

Tersely rhymes:

Two Syllable Rhymes
- bursley
- persley
- pursley
- worsley
- yearsley
Three Syllable Rhymes
- adversely
- inversely
- perversely

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