concise

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).

Villefort had never been so concise and eloquent. — The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
It was very concise, and had been executed about five years previous to his death. — Desperate Remedies, Thomas Hardy
Cora related the particulars of her ambush, and gave a concise report of the conversation of the lovers. — Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter, Lawrence L. Lynch

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