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Latin
Etymology
From brevis (“short, small”) + -ter.
Pronunciation
Adverb
breviter (comparative brevius, superlative brevissimē)
- shortly, briefly (in duration)
- briefly, concisely, with few words
Synonyms
References
- “breviter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “breviter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- breviter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to touch briefly on a thing: breviter tangere, attingere aliquid
- to explain a matter briefly, in a few words (not paucis verbis): breviter, paucis explicare aliquid
- a short, pointed witticism: breviter et commode dictum
- to put it briefly: ut breviter dicam
- in short; to be brief: ut paucis (brevi, breviter) complectar
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)