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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin brevī manū.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrɛvi ˈmaːnu/, /ˈbreːvi ˈmaːnu/
Adverb
brevi manu
- (originally law, formal, obsolete) without further ado
- Synonyms: kurzerhand, b. m., br. m.
1919, Ludwig Thoma, Erinnerungen:Jeder Antrag wurde brevi manu an den Bürgermeister, den Distriktstechniker, die Gendarmerie usw. geschickt zur näheren Berichterstattung, oder ergebenst an Behörden mit dem Ersuchen um Auskunft.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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