" crisply "

1: in a few words;

  * e.g., " ... the teacher crisply commanded the rubbernecking students to direct their attention forward "

•  Synonyms : 

•  briefly,

•  compactly,

•  concisely,

•  curtly,

•  elliptically,

•  laconically,

•  pithily,

•  shortly,

•  succinctly,

•  summarily,

•  tersely

•  Antonyms : 

•  diffusely,

•  long-windedly,

•  verbosely,

•  wordily

1: having a texture that readily breaks into little pieces under pressure;

  * e.g., " ... the bag of crisp cookies had a lot of crumbs on the bottom "

•  Synonyms : 

•  brickle,

•  brittle,

•  crispy,

•  crumbly,

•  embrittled,

•  flaky,

•  friable,

•  short

•  Antonyms : 

•  disheveled,

•  disordered,

•  disorderly,

•  messy,

•  mussed,

•  mussy,

•  sloven,

•  slovenly,

•  unkempt,

•  untidy

2: being clean and in good order;

  * e.g., " ... a pretty, crisp bedspread for the guest room "

•  Synonyms : 

•  antiseptic,

•  bandbox,

•  groomed,

•  kempt,

•  neat,

•  orderly,

•  picked up,

•  prim,

•  shipshape,

•  smug,

•  snug,

•  tidied,

•  tidy,

•  trig,

•  trim,

•  uncluttered,

•  well-groomed

•  Antonyms : 

•  circuitous,

•  circumlocutory,

•  diffuse,

•  long-winded,

•  prolix,

•  rambling,

•  verbose,

•  windy,

•  wordy

3: marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning;

  * e.g., " ... a crisp suggestion about what they could do with their boom box "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aphoristic,

•  apothegmatic,

•  brief,

•  capsule,

•  compact,

•  compendious,

•  concise,

•  curt,

•  elliptical,

•  epigrammatic,

•  laconic,

•  monosyllabic,

•  pithy,

•  sententious,

•  succinct,

•  summary,

•  telegraphic,

•  terse,

•  thumbnail

•  Antonyms : 

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