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paucis verbis

[ pou-kis -wer-bis; English paw-sis -vur-bis ]

/ ˈpaʊ kɪs ˈwɛr bɪs; English ˈpɔ sɪs ˈvɜr bɪs /

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adverb Latin.

in or by few words; with brevity.

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Words nearby paucis verbis

patzer, Pau, paua, paucal, paucibacillary, paucis verbis, paucisynaptic, paucity, Paul, Paula, Paul, Alice

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Example sentences from the Web for paucis verbis

Quintilian's criticism is indorsed by all scholars,--Lyricorum Horatius fere solus legi dignus, in verbis felicissime audax.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
Per unam litteram suo materno idiomate confectam, verbis bene simplicibus, Trial, vol.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
Clark calls his Latin crib a composite "non elegantem utique et venustam, sed ita Romanam, ut verbis verba."
Instigations|Ezra Pound
Onerat discentem turba, non instruit: multoque satius est paucis te auctoribus tradere, quam errare per multos.
The Book-Hunter|John Hill Burton

Mens et medulla verbi, mens et voluntas Dei amicta tamen humanis verbis.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV|J. H. Merle D'Aubign

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