laconic
[luh-kon-ik]
- using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.
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Origin of laconic
Synonyms
See more synonyms for laconic on Thesaurus.combrief, pithy, terse; succinct.
Antonyms
voluble.
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Historical Examples
"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
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Word Origin
C16: via Latin from Greek Lakōnikos, from Lakōn Laconian, Spartan; referring to the Spartans' terseness of speech
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Word Origin and History for laconically
laconic
adj.
"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.
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