Adjective

(er)

(obsolete) Polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.

(of speech or style) Brief, concise, to the point.

* 1907 , , title page:

"A consise and comprehensive dictionary of general knowledge consisting of over 16,000 terse and original articles on nearly all subjects discussed in larger encyclopaedias,"

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 4, author=Lewis Smith, work=the Guardian

, title= Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit? , passage=Having attempted to identify a role for the society and its magazine, Quest, "for the next 40 years", the society chairman, Rhea Williams, decided it was time to close. She announced the group's demise in a terse message to members following the annual meeting, which just 22 people attended.}}

Abruptly or brusquely short.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form

A summary review is in the appendix.

Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.

They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.

(legal) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.

Summary justice is bad justice.