In an abbreviated manner or form; shortly, briefly, concisely.
((n.) One who abbreviates or shortens.|--|(n.) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal
court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition,
or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into
official form.|--|)
Origin:
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nashe (d. c1601), writer. From abbreviate + -ly.
