laconism
noun
laconic brevity.
laconicism
-
a variation of
laconism.
Example Sentences
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The image of a laughing woman in a role of power is tough to tolerate if you believe that executive leadership demands a steely, inhuman, statue-like laconicism.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024
"Don't think," interrupted the other, who, when excited, affected laconicism, "know."
From Hand and Ring by Anna Katharine Green
A single card, upon which were pasted horizontally, vertically and obliquely a number of cut-out figures, deserved to go down in history for its laconicism.
From The Quest by Isaac Goldberg
That pleased her; the British laconicism; the sensible simplicity of the thing!
From The Crown of Life by George Gissing
It is impossible, without their manners, to express their elegance, their superior delicacy, graceful without diffusion, and terse without laconicism.
From Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I by Hester Lynch Piozzi
