laconic

a. மணிச்சுருக்கமான, பொழிப்பான, பொருட்செறி வளர்ந்த, சூத்திரம்போல் திட்பநுட்பம் உடைய, மணிச்சுருக்கமாகப் பேசுகிற, விரைசுருக்கக் குறிப்புவாய்ந்த நடையுடைய.a. மணிச்சுருக்கமான, பொழிப்பான, பொருட்செறி வளர்ந்த, சூத்திரம்போல் திட்பநுட்பம் உடைய, மணிச்சுருக்கமாகப் பேசுகிற, விரைசுருக்கக் குறிப்புவாய்ந்த நடையுடைய.

Synonyms

terse curt epigrammatic terse curt epigrammatic

Antonyms

terse curt epigrammatic terse curt epigrammatic prolix wordy tedious prosy garrulous circumlocutory loquacious

La*con"ic, n. Defn: Laconism. [Obs.] Addison. La*con"ic, La*con"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. laconique.] 1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. Pope. His sense was strong and his style laconic. Welwood. 2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well. Bp. Hall. Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed; pithy. -- Laconic, Concise. Concise means without irrelevant or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of diffuse. Laconic means concise with the additional quality of pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness.

laconic - Similar Words

lactonic laconical taconic conic laconicism glutaconic slavonic platonic leuconic lapponic