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
For all the information he would volunteer, the man might have been Doctor Rabelais' model for laconicism, and a moment she stood there with a slight frown.
From Under the Rose by Frederic Stewart Isham
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
"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
That pleased her; the British laconicism; the sensible simplicity of the thing!
From The Crown of Life by George Gissing
