In a concise manner; in a few words.

synonyms: briefly, concisely, in brief, shortly.

Roget 201: shortly etc. adj.; in short etc. (concisely) 572.   

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

Roget 596: in short, in epitome, in substance, in few words.