Usually means: Most concise, brief, to point.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word tersest:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. tersest: Merriam-Webster
  2. tersest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tersest: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tersest: Vocabulary.com
  5. tersest: Wordnik
  6. tersest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. tersest: Wiktionary
  8. tersest: Dictionary.com
  9. tersest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. tersest: FreeDictionary.org
  11. tersest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tersest: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tersest: Encyclopedia

(Note: See terse as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (terse)

adjective:  (by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
adjective:  (by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
adjective:  (obsolete) Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.
▸ Also see terse


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