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Complete Definition of "laconically"

English
Etymology

From Laconia, the section of ancient Greece the Spartans came from, who were notoriously short of speech.

Adverb
laconically

#In a terse manner, given to using few words.
#:Calvin Coolidge was so laconic that when a long winded dinner companion said "I bet I can get you to say three words," he replied "you lose."

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Revision and Credits for"laconically"
  • 2007-12-02 17:28 - SemperBlotto - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/72.90.172.3|72.90.172.3]] ([[User_talk:72.90.172.3|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Interwicket|Interwicket]]

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