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Webster 1913 Edition


Laconically

La-con′ic-al-ly

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adv.
In a laconic manner.

Webster 1828 Edition


Laconically

LACON'ICALLY

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adv.
Briefly; concisely; as a sentiment laconically expressed.

Definition 2024


laconically

laconically

English

Adverb

laconically (comparative more laconically, superlative most laconically)

  1. 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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