Meaning of laconic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or relating to ancient Laconia in Greece.
2. Laconic, terse.
3. Communicative through the use of as few words as possible.
4. Communicating through the use of as few words as possible.
5. Laidback; casual; not intense.
   Australia, proscribed, sometimes

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonym: brief”

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

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

“His sense was strong and his style laconic.”

“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.”

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