laconic
- using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.
Origin of laconic
Synonyms for laconic
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Examples from the Web for laconically
Historical Examples of laconically
"Third," he answered, laconically, schooling his voice to indifference.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
"Brain 'em," said Macdonald laconically, speaking for the first time.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
"It's a cinch you'll take the front seat," he remarked, laconically.
Chip, of the Flying UB. M. Bower
“Everything, and more than everything,” replies my lady, laconically.
The First ViolinJessie Fothergill
"We can always pay our creditors and let you whistle," Rostocker reminded him, laconically.
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
laconic
laconical
- (of a person's speech) using few words; terse
Word Origin for laconic
Word Origin and History for laconically
laconic
"concise, abrupt," 1580s, probably via Latin Laconicus, from Greek Lakonikos, from Lakon "person from Lakonia," the district around Sparta in southern Greece in ancient times, whose inhabitants were famously proud of their brevity of speech. When Philip of Macedon threatened them with, "If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta to the ground," the Spartans' reply was, "If." An earlier form was laconical (1570s). Related: Laconically.