laconic

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

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

   • Near-synonym: brief
2. 2

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

   • 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.
3. 3

   Of a person, laidback

   Of a person, laidback; 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.
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   1. 4

      Of or relating to ancient Laconia in Greece.

The neighborhood

• neighborlaconical
• neighborlaconically
• neighborlaconism