LACONIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laconic mean? 

• LACONIC (adjective)
  The adjective LACONIC has 1 sense:

1. brief and to the point; effectively cut short

  Familiarity information: LACONIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LACONIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brief and to the point; effectively cut short

Synonyms:

crisp; curt; laconic; terse

Context example:

short and terse and easy to understand

Similar:

concise (expressing much in few words)

 Context examples 

The laconic style may be to conceal the absence of knowledge of English.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"It is sold, sir," was again his laconic reply.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But their father, though very laconic in his expressions of pleasure, was really glad to see them; he had felt their importance in the family circle.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Like most men of action, he is laconic in speech, and sinks readily into his own thoughts, but he is always quick to answer a question or join in a conversation, talking in a queer, jerky, half-humorous fashion.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then, again, why such laconic messages?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dr. Van Helsing is laconic; he tells the farmers that he is hurrying to Bistritz, and pays them well to make the exchange of horses.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)