μὴ ἐν πολλοῖς ὀλίγα λέγε, ἀλλ΄ ἐν ὀλίγοις πολλά → don't say little in many words, but much in a few words (Stobaeus quoting Pythagoras)
dejectedly: P. ἀθύμως (Xen.), δυσθύμως (Plato), P. and V. ἀθλίως, πικρῶς, οἰκτρῶς.