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laconical

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Adjective
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la=con=i=cal

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laconicala. [L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. , fr. a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique.].
  •  Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.  [1913 Webster]
    "I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long."  [1913 Webster]
    "His sense was strong and his style laconic."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.  [1913 Webster]
    "His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well."
Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed; pithy.
laconicala. 
     See Laconic, a.  [1913 Webster]

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