Terse

(superl.) Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.

(superl.) Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.

(superl.) Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.

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• Some years ago a certain application was made, and contained the following terse and modest sentence: I have designed a concentrating plant and built a machine shop, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• His terse comment on my report was: 'Rotten. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Terse and to the point, remarked Holmes, stretching his long, thin legs towards the fire. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• In a few terse phrases he told me his opinion of, and feeling towards, the actress: he judged her as a womannot an artist: it was a branding judgment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But perhaps the most practical and best characterization of the phonograph is given in Mr. Edison’s own terse words. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It was short and terse, the warning, as I now read it to my companion: 'The game is up. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The story may be told in his own terse language: I was not the inventor of the auto repeater, but while in Memphis I worked on one. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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