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Meaning
means
(adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
meagerly, meager, meagre, scrimpy, stingy
means
(adjective) expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"
concise
means
(adjective) briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
compendious, summary, succinct, compact
means
(adverb) in a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room"
scantily, barely
means
(adverb) in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it"
curtly, shortly, short
means
(adverb) in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions; "he interprets the law narrowly"
narrowly
means
(adverb) in a short and concise manner; "a particular bird, exactly and tersely described in the book of birds"
tersely, telegraphically
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(adverb) in a concise manner; in a few words; "the history is summed up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly"; "briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly"
concisely, briefly, in short, in brief, shortly
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