paucis verbis

American

[pou-kis wer-bis, paw-sis vur-bis] / ˈpaʊ kɪs ˈwɛr bɪs, ˈpɔ sɪs ˈvɜr bɪs /

adverb

Latin.

in or by few words; with brevity.

Example Sentences

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Herberstein says of the Russians in the sixteenth century: mercantur fallacissime et dolosissime nec paucis verbis ... mercatores nonnunquam non uno tantum aut altera mense suspensos detinent, verum ad extremam desperationem perducere solent.

From Project Gutenberg

The events of the passage may be given paucis verbis.

From Project Gutenberg

Nonum conuicium hic recensebimus, quod à victu, ac præcipuè cibo potu Islandorum maledicus ille porcus, non vno aut paucis verbis, sed prolixa inuectiua petiuit: Nempe quòd cibis vtantur vetustis, et insulsis, idque sine panis vsu: Tum etiam quòd varia et incognita extraneis piscium genera illis sint esui, et aquam ac serum lactis in potum misceant.

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