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(adjective) using or involving the use of a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

Highlighted phrases

laconically
laconic



‘I agree,’ Thomsen replied laconically.

—p.185 Invincible spring (150) by Yanis Varoufakis
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5 years, 4 months ago


"Pleasure isn't all fun," as the title to Episode X announces laconically

—p.206 Godard's Vivre Sa Vie (196) by Susan Sontag
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7 years, 2 months ago


It restricted itself to such a laconic proviso, since in its lecture devoted to cognition it had established that knowledge obtained prematurely

—p.245 Golem XIV: Afterword (226) by Stanisław Lem
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1 year ago


admire its laconic plainness or low-keyed sobriety

—p.6 Introduction: What is Literature? (1) by Terry Eagleton
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7 years, 1 month ago


the laconic report of Joseph's response to his brothers works by starving us of information

good word that I should use more often

—p.130 Robert Alter and the King James Bible (128) by James Wood
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7 years, 2 months ago


And he would tell you that quite frankly, raising his pentimento eyebrows and tensing his upper lip with a certain laconic pride.

—p.95 by Martin Amis
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10 months ago


this laconic, light-footed and remarkably funny book

—p.62 by Olivia Laing
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4 years, 9 months ago


He knows what the man is thinking, the laconic pansy, a puff out for a joy ride

—p.4 A Borderline Case (1) by Joanna Scott
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4 years, 6 months ago


The camera reads over her shoulder as she recites a laconic monologue:

—p.196 On Silvia Federici and Martha Rosler (189) by Dayna Tortorici
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4 years, 7 months ago