Synonym: brief, compressed, concise, condensed, curt, laconic, short, succinct. Similar words: per se, verse, jersey, oversee, adverse, diverse, inverse, reverse. Meaning: [tɜrs /tɜːs] 
adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short.
adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short. 
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1, Derek's terse reply ended the conversation.
2, He issued a terse statement, saying he is discussing his future with colleagues before announcing his decision on Monday.
3, The President issued a terse statement denying the charges.
4, Her reply about the matter was terse.
5, The voice remains muffled and terse.
6, The terse announcement gave no reason for Harris's resignation.
7, Ashley gave a terse silent laugh.
8, Dimly she heard Luke's terse voice as he spoke.
9, For Teravainen, that one terse comment from Hill proved to be important in his professional education.
10, Summarize that ugly reality in five terse sentences, then cut to the real national obsession: Sun Belt weather.
11, Reading a terse or weighty document will inhibit, rather than encourage, word flow.
12, Many white officials tend to be terse on the subject.
13, Loretta guessed there were legal reasons for the terse nature of the item.
14, Written in terse news style, seven of these faxes are in front of me right now.
15, The White House issued a terse statement saying the President would not comment on the allegations.
16, The results are terse and sharply etched, like the best line drawings.
17, He gave a terse nod and switched on the ignition.
18, His tone was terse as he asked the question.
19, Developers decorated it integratly, generous and terse!
20, A terse, witty, instructive saying a maxim.
21, On the other hand,(http://sentencedict.com/terse.html) we also give several terse sufficiency conditions where the fuzzy mean convergence of (G) fuzzy integrals implies the convergence in fuzzy measure and making them equivalent.
22, A terse message was sent to Hanoi simply informing it of our actions.
23, It would say, for example, 0–9. Short, terse, but very effective.
24, "Are you feeling any better?" "No, " was the terse reply.
25, An example of her modus operandi was provided during a terse exchange with the defendant.
26, I found the sections in Pais's book dealing with these topics disappointingly terse and dry.
27, "We're in the process of negotiations," Russo said in a terse statement to reporters.
28, There was no official explanation for Mr Lane's sudden departure, which was announced in a terse two-line statement.
29, Far too often those in authority expect others to obey and so use formal and even terse language when penning memos.
30, He whittled and listened, gave monosyllabic replies , and when it was asked , terse advice.
More similar words: per se, verse, jersey, oversee, adverse, diverse, inverse, reverse, supersede, disperse, universe, persecute, converse, undersell, after school, headquarters, interpersonal, course, nurse, coarse, sparse, recourse, of course, endorse, by yourself, rehearse, discourse, horseplay, in due course, in the course of.