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laconic
la·con·ic [ lə kónnik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
using few words: using very few words
[Mid-16th century. Via Latin< Greek Lakōnikos "of Laconia, Spartan"; from the reputation of Spartans for terseness]

la·con·i·cal·ly adverb
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