laconic

la-con-ic/ləˈkɑnɪk/US

adjective

  1. 1

    Of speech or writing, communicative through the use of as few words as possible.

  2. 2

    Of a speaker or writer, communicating through the use of as few words as possible.

  3. 3

    (Can we verify this sense?) Laid-back; casual; not intense.

Etymology

From Greek Lakonikos, "of Laconia", whose Spartan inhabitants were known for terse speech.

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