Results for concise

Definitions of concise:

part of speech: adjective

Cut short: brief.

part of speech: adjective

Brief; short; comprehensive; containing few words.

part of speech: noun

Conciseness.

Usage examples for concise:

• Being consulted as to the selection of books for the college, he writes: Having studied abroad, and used rather foreign than English books with my pupils, I am not acquainted with the books Great Britain affords well enough to select the best and most concise "Fletcher of Madeley", Frederic W. Macdonald

• His plays have not the neat, concise construction that we prize to- day. "Plays A Protégée of the Mistress; Poverty Is No Crime; Sin and Sorrow Are Common to All; It's a Family Affair--We'll Settle It Ourselves", Alexander Ostrovsky