- Adjective:
- using or involving the use of a minimum of word
- concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
- Adverb
- laconically
- Synonyms:
- terse
- concise
- pithy
- succinct
- Usage:
- ‘”My lord, what are your orders in case you are killed?” “To do like me,” replied Wellington. To Clinton he said laconically, “To hold this spot to the last man.”.’
- Encountered:
- While reading Les Miserables
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