Related Words for terse

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laconic
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Adjective, Adjective
concise
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Adjective, Adjective, Verb, Noun
curt
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Noun, Noun, Adjective, Verb
crisp
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Verb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
succinct
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Adjective
pithy
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Adjective
brusque
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Adjective
verbose
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Adjective
cryptic
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Adjective
wordy
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Adjective
uncharacteristically
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Adverb
perfunctory
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Adjective
characteristically
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Adverb
trenchant
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Adjective
noncommittal
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Adjective
strident
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Adjective
monosyllabic
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Adjective
glib
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Noun
sardonic
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Adjective
snappy
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Adjective
accusatory
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Noun
scathing
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Adjective
eloquent
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Adjective
staccato
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Noun
flippant
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Adjective
conciliatory
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Adjective
businesslike
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Adjective
prosaic
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Adjective
jocular
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Adjective
plaintive
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Adjective
peremptory
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Adjective
polite
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Adjective
gruff
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Adjective
tactful
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Adjective
icily
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Adverb
droll
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Adjective
forthright
//
Adjective
brief
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Adjective
fulsome
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Adjective
cogent
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Adjective
deadpan
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Adjective
maddeningly
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Adverb
forceful
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Adjective
anodyne
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Noun
brash
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Noun
chatty
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Noun
dryly
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Adverb
witty
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Adjective
snide
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Adjective
declarative
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Adjective
lengthy
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Adjective
florid
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Adjective
blunt
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Name
vague
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Adjective
sarcastic
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Adjective
taciturn
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Adjective
desultory
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Adjective
pedantic
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Adjective
effusive
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Adjective
cursory
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Adjective
nuanced
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Adjective
testy
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Noun
disconcertingly
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Adverb
evasive
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Adjective
acerbic
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Adjective
startlingly
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Adverb
emphatic
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Adjective
uninformative
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Adjective
colloquial
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Noun
sparse
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Adjective
voluble
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Adjective
lucid
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Adjective
refreshingly
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Adverb
facetious
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Adjective
charmingly
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Adverb
lyrical
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Adjective
verbal
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Adjective
express
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Noun
verbatim
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Adjective
sentential
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Adjective
speaking
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Verb
telic
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Noun
tonic
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Noun
intensive
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Adjective
discursive
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Adjective
articulate
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Adjective
parol
xx
Noun
periodic
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Adjective
oblique
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Adjective
semantic
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Adjective
literal
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Adjective
terminal
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Noun
literate
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Adjective
lexical
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Adjective
general
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Noun
term
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Noun
purposive
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Adjective
ultimate
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Adjective
idiomatic
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Adjective
conjunctive
xxx
Adjective
crude
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Noun
final
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Adjective
rhetorical
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Adjective
distinctive
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Adjective
condensed
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Verb
monosyllables
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Noun
telegram
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Noun
reply
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Noun
epigrams
xxx
Noun
rejoinder
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Noun
announcement
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Noun
communique
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Noun
memo
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Noun
nod
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Noun
summation
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Noun
epitaph
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Noun
comment
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Noun
brevity
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Noun
prose
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Noun
summary
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Noun
understatement
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Noun
adj
x
Noun
directness
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Noun
phrasing
/x
Noun
sentences
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Noun
sayings
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Noun
dictum
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Noun
couplets
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Noun
phraseology
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Noun
message
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Noun
remark
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Noun
diction
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Noun
pronouncement
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Noun
retort
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Noun
statement
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Noun
abridgment
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Noun
commercial
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Adjective, Noun
committal
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Adjective, Noun
direct
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb
dismissive
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Adjective
ex
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
garbled
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Adjective
grand
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Noun, Adjective
haiku
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Noun
italicized
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Verb, Adjective
minute
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
none
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Noun, Adverb
nothing
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
paragraphs
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Noun
prefatory
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Adjective
read
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Verb, Noun
serve
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Verb, Noun
simple
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
stanzas
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Noun
suffice
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Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun
try
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
unemotional
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Adjective
verse
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Noun, Verb
worded
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Verb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
literally
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Adverb
sorta
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Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective