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
"If I don't get to liking 'em, I don't care what happens to em," Bill answered with his father's own laconicism.
From Dust by Marcet Haldeman-Julius
"Don't think," interrupted the other, who, when excited, affected laconicism, "know."
From Hand and Ring by Anna Katharine Green
The tragedy is unfolded with almost the sublime laconicism of the Divina Commedia.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
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
