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laconically

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In a terse manner, given to using few words.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a dry laconic manner he said dryly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I know that,

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dryly, drily

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From laconic + -ally; from Laconia, the section of Ancient Greece that the Spartans came from; they were notoriously short of speech.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: лакані́чна (lakaníčna) — in a terse manner
  • Catalan: lacònicament — in a terse manner
  • Dutch: laconiek — in a terse manner
  • Finnish: lakonisesti — in a terse manner
  • French: laconiquement — in a terse manner
  • Galician: laconicamente — in a terse manner
  • Georgian: ლაკონიურად (laḳoniurad) — in a terse manner
  • Hungarian: lakonikusan — in a terse manner
  • Italian: laconicamente — in a terse manner
  • Macedonian: ла́конски (lákonski) — in a terse manner
  • Polish: lakonicznie — in a terse manner
  • Russian: лакони́чно (lakoníčno) — in a terse manner
  • Russian: лакони́чески (lakoníčeski) — in a terse manner
  • Spanish: lacónicamente — in a terse manner
  • Ukrainian: лаконі́чно (lakoníčno) — in a terse manner