[
US
/ɫɑˈkɑnɪk/
]
[ UK /lækˈɒnɪk/ ]
[ UK /lækˈɒnɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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brief and to the point; effectively cut short
the laconic reply; `yes'
a response so curt as to be almost rude
a crisp retort
short and terse and easy to understand
How To Use laconic In A Sentence
- In his world of small-time hustlers, grouchy thugs and laconic crimefighters, there's always somebody with a new angle to work or a new beef to settle.
- You can cultivate a laconic shrug of the shoulders for use when the conversation turns to your putting, or putting in general.
- In his habitual laconical way he counselled me to reserve all my savings for our journey, and to settle with my creditors when my Parisian successes had provided the necessary means. My Life — Volume 1
- It is difficult to say when the idea of Australians as an inarticulate and laconic people took hold, but by the twentieth century this had become a staple of Australian cultural criticism.
- Hunt's laconic expertise provided a perfect counterpoint to Walker's high-octane delivery.
- Some - but not all - of the 1946 drawings are uncharacteristically laconic and slightly benumbed.
- In David McPhail's hands, George is laconic, with an embittered acceptance of an underachieving life.
- Whizz-bangs," was the corporal's laconical remark. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916
- Real Tuscan villas possess a sort of laconic elegance from their relatively unornamented rustic style: the rough hewn here is more of the Home Depot ‘I forgot’ variety.
- However, he soon finds the laconic Charlotte to be more than he bargained for, as she shreds every assumption or attempt at social niceties that he makes.
