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terse

 
 
/tɜːs/ adjective

Translation

said or written in a few words, often showing that you are annoyed
kısa ve öz
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tersely adverb
kısa ve net bir şekilde
(Definition of terse adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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