Hypertext Webster Gateway: "succinctly"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Succinct \Suc*cinct"\, a. [L. succinctus, p. p. of succingere to
gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird.
Cf. {Cincture}.]
1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.

His habit fit for speed succinct. --Milton.

2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.

Let all your precepts be succinct and clear.
--Roscommon.

The shortest and most succinct model that ever
grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind.
--South.

Syn: Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic;
terse. -- {Suc*cinct"ly}, adv. -- {Suc*cinct"ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

succinctly
adv : with concise and precise brevity; to the point; "Please
state your case as succinctly as possible"; "he wrote
compactly but clearly" [syn: {compactly}]

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