In a concise manner; in a few words.

synonyms: briefly, concisely, in short, shortly.

Roget 572: concisely etc. adj.; briefly, summarily; in brief, in short, in a word, in a few words; for shortness sake; to come to the point, to make a long story short, to cut the matter short, to be brief; it comes to this, the long and the short of it is.    ... show more