kısa ve anlamlı

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Definition of kısa ve anlamlı in Turkish English dictionary

laconic

Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise

{a} short, brief, concise, pithy, expressive

Saying a lot with a few words

\luh-KON-ik\, adjective: Using or marked by the use of a minimum of words; brief and pithy; brusque

Using as few words as possible to communicate much information; pithy and concise

If you describe someone as laconic, you mean that they use very few words to say something, so that they seem casual or unfriendly. Usually so laconic in the office, Dr. Lahey seemed less guarded, more relaxed. using only a few words to say something (laconicus , from lakonikos; because the people of ancient Sparta were famous for not using many words)

brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

{s} terse, concise, using few words

Very concise and pithy A Spartan was called a Lacon from Laconia, the land inwhich he dwelt The Spartans were noted for their brusque and sententious speech When Philip of Macedon wrote to the Spartan magistrates, “If I enter Laconia, I will level Lacedæmon to the ground,” the ephors wrote word back the single word, “If ” (See above Lacedæmonian Letter ) In 1490 O'Neil wrote to O'Donnel: “Send me the tribute, or else- ” To which O'Donnel replied: “I owe none, or else- ”

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

Very concise and pithy A Spartan was called a Lacon from Laconia, the land in which he dwelt The Spartans were noted for their brusque and sententious speech When Philip of Macedon wrote to the Spartan magistrates, “If I enter Laconia, I will level Lacedæmon to the ground,” the ephors wrote word back the single word, “If ” (See above Lacedæmonian Letter ) In 1490 O'Neil wrote to O'Donnel: “Send me the tribute, or else- ” To which O'Donnel replied: “I owe none, or else- ”

Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching

Laconism

Hyphenation

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