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41parciloquy — laconic speech Styles of Speech …
42laconically — laconic ► ADJECTIVE ▪ using very few words; terse. DERIVATIVES laconically adverb. ORIGIN Greek Lak nikos, from Lak n Laconia, Sparta , the Spartans being known for their terse speech …
43literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
44concise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. succinct, short, brief, terse, laconic, epigrammatic, summary, compact. See shortness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. succinct, brief, condensed, terse, pithy, laconic, compact, compressed, condensed,… …
45concise — concise, terse, succinct, laconic, summary, pithy, compendious are comparable when meaning briefly stated or presented or given to or manifesting brevity in statement or expression. A person is concise who speaks or writes briefly ; a thing is… …
46laconically — la·con·ic (lə kŏn’ĭk) adj. ▸ Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise. ╂ [Latin Lacōnicus, Spartan, from Greek Lakōnikos, from Lakōn, a Spartan (from the reputation of the Spartans for brevity of speech).] la·con’i·cal·ly adv.… …
47concis — CONCÍS, Ă, concişi, se, adj. (Despre stil, opere literare etc.) Expus pe scurt, în puţine cuvinte, concentrat. – Din fr. concis, lat. concisus. Trimis de Iris, 06.05.2006. Sursa: DEX 98 Concis ≠ diluat, dezlânat, prolix Trimis de siveco,… …
48succint — SUCCÍNT, Ă, succinţi, te, adj. (Adesea adverbial) Exprimat sau care se exprimă pe scurt, în puţine cuvinte; sumar, concis, laconic. – Din fr. succinct, lat. succinctus. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 SUCCÍNT adj. 1. v. concis …
49terse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. concise, brief, curt; pithy, laconic, succinct; short, compact. See maxim, shortness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. short, pithy, laconic, taut, compact, brief, concise, pointed, neat, exact,… …
50terse — adjective we were offended by her terse answers Syn: brief, short, to the point, concise, succinct, crisp, pithy, incisive, trenchant, short and sweet, laconic, elliptical; brusque, abrupt, curt, clipped, blunt, pointed …
