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laconically

Meanings

  • expressing much by a few words

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  1. Laconic () : expressing much by a few words

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laconic , laconically
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From the name of the ancient Greek city Laconia.

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  1. Brevity: The quality of being succinct and not wasting words.

  2. Terseness: The quality of being blunt and directly to the point without any unnecessary or unneeded words or phrases.

Quotes
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  1. The closest anyone comes to announcing his destination is a "laconic" "Guess I'll head on in."

    - Richard Rhodes,{it}The Inland Ground{/it},1991

  2. … towards the father—"laconic", authoritarian, remote, an immigrant who'd trained in Galicia to be a rabbi but worked in America in a hat factory—their feelings were more confused.

    - Philip Roth,{it}Granta 24{/it},Summer 1988

  3. We would rather have a smiling, shape-shifting Democrat we don't trust than a frowning, "laconic" Republican we trust more.

    - Maureen Dowd,{it}New York Times{/it},10 Oct. 1996
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In ancient Greek culture, Laconia was the name of the region and its people. The term 'laconic' came to describe the succinct and sparse style of communication used by the ancient Greeks from Laconia.

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