laconic

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

using only a few words to say sth: a laconic comment / manner laconically adverb: 'Family reasons,' he said laconically.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

laconicEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary laconicEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus laconicEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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Labrador laburnum labyrinth lace lacerate lace-up lachrymose lack lackadaisical lackey lacking

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Is laconic a noun, verb, or something else?

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