shortly vs tersely

shortly

adv
  • In a short or brief time or manner; quickly. 

  • In few words 

  • In or after a short time; soon. 

  • In an irritable ("short") manner. 

tersely

adv
  • In a brief, concise, or to the point manner. 

How often have the words shortly and tersely occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )