Laconical

[lә'kɔnikәl]

Definition

(a.) Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.

(a.) Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.

(a.) See Laconic, a.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious, terse, pithy, CURT.

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Definition

adj. expressing in few words after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans: concise: pithy.—adv. Lacon′ically.—ns. Lac′onism Lacon′icism a concise style: a short pithy phrase.

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