In short Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb in a concise manner; in a few words
    in brief; shortly; briefly; concisely.
    • the history is summed up concisely in this book
    • she replied briefly
    • briefly, we have a problem
    • to put it shortly

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Definitions
  1. in few words; in brief; briefly.

Webster 1913