A particular bird, exactly and tersely described in the book of birds. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"The public knows my attitude," he tersely replied. From Wordnik.com. [Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian] Reference
"Follow me and watch your step," directed Tom tersely. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
"I remember about that blue blood," Tisdale said tersely. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
Casas tersely puts it, “they buried him on Wednesday.”. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
"Stumbled," whispered Gray tersely, keeping his head down. From Wordnik.com. [A World is Born] Reference
It is tersely put and carries conviction with every sentence. From Wordnik.com. [The Hilltop Boys A Story of School Life] Reference
"Put a saddle on Hamlet -- no, on Romeo," he ordered, tersely. From Wordnik.com. [The Redemption of David Corson] Reference
Agrippa has been tersely described as a "meteor of philosophy.". From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
Very tersely, thought the girl; not, however, to spare himself. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
"We're broke, and the rent's overdue," tersely explained Amarilly. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Lord Burghley, wasting not a breath, tersely instructs the Earl of. From Wordnik.com. [English Travellers of the Renaissance] Reference
Weighty thoughts tersely expressed, like (7), (8), and (10) in this. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
He stepped on to the car, and, taking my seat, I asked him tersely. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
"Bad as some Pioneers I noticed yesterday," said the colonel tersely. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
"You will kindly remain where you are," ordered Mrs. Weatherbee tersely. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Allen: Right Guard] Reference
He was noted rather for short sayings and for criticisms tersely expressed. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
His methods of assailing the modern Goliath of slavery were thus tersely put. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
"And there the artificiality is all the greater!" chipped in Austin, tersely. From Wordnik.com. [Austin and His Friends] Reference
“What about a decent, law-abiding citizen's rights,” Joanne had said tersely. From Wordnik.com. [CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS] Reference
"Maillot," said I, tersely, "it's up to you and Burke to submit to a personal search.". From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
The black headings told the story tersely, but one item stood out with vivid distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Line War] Reference
These words of Sir Arthur Helps put very tersely the point on which we have been insisting. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Conduct] Reference
Drew explained tersely, for he had a good idea that General Forrest wanted no wasting of time. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
When asked if I had anything to say, my remark summed up the situation, tersely, in a few words. From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
'But then,' said Dunbar tersely, 'your mother never knew what sort of man you would have to deal with.'. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
That's typical of Joss Whedon's tersely tongue-in-cheek script, which wisely doesn't ask us to take anything too seriously. From Wordnik.com. [Film Clips] Reference
"The boycott has had no discernible effect whatsoever," GE spokesman Ford Slater tersely told a NEWSWEEK reporter last week. From Wordnik.com. [Do Boycotts Work?] Reference
D. Townsend, in his "Anecdotes of the Civil War," states tersely and correctly the preliminary circumstances of which I must treat. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
When a reporter asked him if Mr. Burnett's performance made the loss especially tough, Mr. Girardi replied tersely, "What do you think?". From Wordnik.com. [Unknown Undoes Yankees] Reference
The thorough teacher will discard the use of those superficial authors, whose books lack these important parts, tersely and plainly stated. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
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