Laconic
[lə'kɒnɪk]
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Laconical
(n.) Laconism.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious, terse, pithy, CURT.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Terse, curt, epigrammatic
ANT:Prolix, wordy, tedious, prosy, garrulous, circumlocutory, loquacious
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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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Unserious Contents or Definition
Shy on words. From Eng. lack, meaning want, and connection; want of connection.
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Examples
- That is what I get for putting so much money in a new suit, was the laconic remark of the youth, who was more than delighted to pick up a complete set of Faraday's works about the same time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It had become immediately a laconic series of question and answer between fellow craftsmen. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His memory was prodigious, conversation laconic, and movements rapid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Edison sent the laconic reply: 'Why doesn't he try it and see? Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You are laconic; you would be stoical if you could. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But their father, though very laconic in his expressions of pleasure, was really glad to see them; he had felt their importance in the family circle. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- This was surely a summing of a year's exploration not less laconic than Caesar's review of his Gallic campaign. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Change succeeded to change; the entire history did not reach me; for Adrian had ceased to write, and Perdita was a laconic correspondent. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A slight frown and a laconic Yes, were the answer. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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