Laconic
adjective
Using very few words to express something.
She gave a laconic reply to the question.
Often appears as...
- laconic reply
- laconic speaker
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Saying much in few words, usually in a dry or blunt manner.
His laconic humor was famous among his friends.
Often appears as...
- laconic humor
- laconic style
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Literary
adjective
Using very few words to express something.
She gave a laconic reply to the question.
Often appears as...
- laconic reply
- laconic speaker
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Saying much in few words, usually in a dry or blunt manner.
His laconic humor was famous among his friends.
Often appears as...
- laconic humor
- laconic style
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Brevity Impact
Using 'laconic' suggests the message is clear and effective without extra words.
Her laconic instructions left no room for confusion.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Placeholder
Be careful not to confuse 'laconic' with lack of detail or undefined - it implies deliberate succinctness.
Despite his laconic email, all key points were addressed.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Precision
'Laconic' in academic context denotes concise expression with high precision and clarity.
The laconic thesis abstract perfectly summarized the research.
Pro Tip 1/3Brevity Impact
Using 'laconic' suggests the message is clear and effective without extra words.
Her laconic instructions left no room for confusion.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Placeholder
Be careful not to confuse 'laconic' with lack of detail or undefined - it implies deliberate succinctness.
Despite his laconic email, all key points were addressed.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Precision
'Laconic' in academic context denotes concise expression with high precision and clarity.
The laconic thesis abstract perfectly summarized the research.
Pro Tip 1/3Brevity Impact
Using 'laconic' suggests the message is clear and effective without extra words.
Her laconic instructions left no room for confusion.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Placeholder
Be careful not to confuse 'laconic' with lack of detail or undefined - it implies deliberate succinctness.
Despite his laconic email, all key points were addressed.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Precision
'Laconic' in academic context denotes concise expression with high precision and clarity.
The laconic thesis abstract perfectly summarized the research.
Compare with
aphoristicbriefcompactconcisioncrisppithysententioussuccinctterseto the point
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in its appetite for the Black body. America guns down Black bodies and then walks around them, bored, like laconic lions next to half-eaten gazelles, bloody lips
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in its appetite for the Black body. America guns down Black bodies and then walks around them, bored, like laconic lions next to half-eaten gazelles, bloody lips
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Quote examples
Terry Pratchett
English Author
I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up the true voice of English humour - that amiable, fairly liberal, laconic voice which you find in something like 'Three Men in a Boat.
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John Bradley-West
English Actor
Fantasy fans are incredibly loyal and passionate. Other people don't want to be seen as passionate about things, they want to be cool and laconic. The great thing about fantasy fans is they'll really get behind a show.
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Julia Gillard
Australian Statesman
Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
John Baldessari, the 79-year-old conceptualist, has spent more than four decades making laconic, ironic conceptual art-about-art, both good and bad.
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Lawrence Wright
American Author
To an outsider, Abilene was like a small landfall in the Sargasso Sea - remote, laconic, and forever closed to strangers.
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
Good style in prose is always hostage to the precision, speed, and laconic intensity of poetic diction.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up the true voice of English humour - that amiable, fairly liberal, laconic voice which you find in something like 'Three Men in a Boat.
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John Bradley-West
English Actor
Fantasy fans are incredibly loyal and passionate. Other people don't want to be seen as passionate about things, they want to be cool and laconic. The great thing about fantasy fans is they'll really get behind a show.
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Julia Gillard
Australian Statesman
Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
John Baldessari, the 79-year-old conceptualist, has spent more than four decades making laconic, ironic conceptual art-about-art, both good and bad.
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Lawrence Wright
American Author
To an outsider, Abilene was like a small landfall in the Sargasso Sea - remote, laconic, and forever closed to strangers.
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
Good style in prose is always hostage to the precision, speed, and laconic intensity of poetic diction.
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