brevi manu

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin brevī manū.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛvi ˈmaːnu/, /ˈbreːvi ˈmaːnu/

Adverb

brevi manu

(originally law, formal, obsolete) without further ado
Synonyms: kurzerhand, b. m., br. m.
- 1919, Ludwig Thoma, Erinnerungen‎:
  Jeder Antrag wurde brevi manu an den Bürgermeister, den Distriktstechniker, die Gendarmerie usw. geschickt zur näheren Berichterstattung, oder ergebenst an Behörden mit dem Ersuchen um Auskunft.
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Further reading

“brevi manu” in Duden online

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