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laconic
using few words; concise
Synonyms
Antonyms
- verbose
- loquacious
- wordy
laconic in a sentence
Her laconic reply of 'Maybe' told us nothing.
Her laconic reply of 'Maybe' told us nothing.
Where it comes from
From Greek Lakonikos, the Spartans (known for brief speech)
Memory hook
LA-CONIC like the terse SPARTANS of Laconia.
Read it in context
- The Moraine Calendar Nature
- The Altered Shore Narrative