Laconic

Laconic– Word of the Day

Tuba Mansoor
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/ləˈkɒnɪk/

Meaning

  • (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.

Sample Sentences

  • The notes on clauses are more than usually laconic in their observations.
  • His laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic
  • Mountain dwellers and mountain lovers are a laconic tribe. They know the futility of words.

Related words

brief, concise, terse, succinct, short, economical, elliptical, crisp, pithy, to the point, incisive, short and sweet, compendious; abrupt, blunt, curt, clipped, monosyllabic, brusque, pointed, gruff, sharp, tart; epigrammatic, aphoristic, gnomic

Further Reading

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/laconic

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laconic

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