laconic

comparative more laconic · superlative most laconic · alternative obsolete laconick

1. Of speech or writing, communicative through the use of as few words as possible.

   Near-synonym: brief

   Synonyms: terse, succinct, concise, pithy, lapidary, brief · Antonyms: verbose, prolix, loquacious, long-winded, bombastic

2. Of a speaker or writer, communicating through the use of as few words as possible.

   Near-synonyms: taciturn, untalkative, terse, quiet, spartan

   2 more examples

   I grow laconick even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.

   August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift

   His sense was strong and his style laconic.

   1738, Zachary Grey, An Attempt towards the Character of the Royal Martyr King Charles I

   Synonyms: taciturn, untalkative, terse, quiet, spartan · Antonyms: talkative, chatty, verbose, prolix, loquacious, long-winded, bombastic

3. AustraliaproscribedsometimesLaid-back; casual; not intense.

   A key player up the other end of the ground is Harris Andrews, who sometimes gets unfairly criticised for his laconic playing style. He desperately cares for this team.

   2022 June 15, Donal Wilson, “Mid-season review: Brisbane Lions”, in Roar

comparative more Laconic · superlative most Laconic

1. Of or relating to ancient Laconia in Greece.