breviter (general term): paucis (sc. verbis): breviter (in a few words): strictim: carptim (only superficially, not at length, opposed to copiose); breviter strictimque. praecise (in few words, opposed to plene et perfecte): presse or pressius (briefly, but at the same time, exhausting the matter; e.g., definire): to speak concisely, breviter or paucis, or praecise dicere (opposed to copiose, plene et perfecte dicere): brevi praecidere; paucis or breviter scribere or perscribere: to develope one’s ideas, etc., concisely on a subject, breviter exponere or paucis absolvere aliquid; in pauca conferre aliquid; breviter astringere aliquid (to mention anything concisely; e.g., argumenta): very concisely, in verba conferam paucissima.