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as in concise
marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
the sportscaster's color commentary tends to be laconic but very much to the point
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as in silent
tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)
laconic by nature, he sat back and enjoyed hearing stories from the more loquacious dinner guests
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Recent Examples of laconic
Dano’s static line delivery gets used for a chilling but laconic effect as his character’s cunning political negotiations lead to deadly outcomes.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
Even a lot of contemporary fiction, where the scenario of characters agonizing over whether to have children has become quite common, defaults to a laconic style (very short paragraphs separated by empty space, for example) that channels the familiar wariness about lushness.
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Aaron Matz,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Here is an echoey and relatively quiet limestone room full of people — Mondragon’s deep laconic monotone would attract attention in a second.
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Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
The sagas of Icelanders—plotty, laconic, often heart-rending—constitute one of the oldest literatures in any language still commonly spoken.
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Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for laconic
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
Even a lot of contemporary fiction, where the scenario of characters agonizing over whether to have children has become quite common, defaults to a laconic style (very short paragraphs separated by empty space, for example) that channels the familiar wariness about lushness.
—
Aaron Matz,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Here is an echoey and relatively quiet limestone room full of people — Mondragon’s deep laconic monotone would attract attention in a second.
—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
The sagas of Icelanders—plotty, laconic, often heart-rending—constitute one of the oldest literatures in any language still commonly spoken.
—
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for laconic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laconic
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Get concise answers to your questions.
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After considering a visitor’s question for a few seconds, the AI avatar gave a concise ruling, with specific citations to the USGA rulebook.
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That silent fear comes back as an earnout, where you only get paid if that client stays.
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Beyond the music, there are festive parades, workshops for making puppets or gardening, a 5K run, yoga, silent discos and much more.
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For a team that began the season with off days coming at a premium, a brief stretch with two open dates is a respite from the wear and tear of a long season.
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So far, operations have run relatively smooth, save for a brief power outage that led to a pretzel shortage.
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And the script’s very cute but deeply dumb leading man, Alex (Nico Carney), climbs a flight of stairs toward his best friend’s bedroom door.
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And there are no ego-destroying confrontations with people who know how to do things, who tell you that your idea is dumb.
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The judge considered hundreds of pages of evidence and testimony from San Diego officials, homeowners and their lawyers and determined that the city had not met the burden for what is called summary adjudication in any of the five causes of actions.
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Such rights obviously do not include summary execution at sea.
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Only standing-room general admission tickets remain; family, friends and classmates have already purchased the reserved seats.
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For years, cloud optimization focused heavily on areas such as compute sizing, storage efficiency and reserved instance planning.
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The officers and Martin struggle briefly and then he is physically restrained face down.
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The officers and Martin struggle briefly and then he is physically restrained face down.
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But, at times, Lasher is more taciturn than some of the politicians who have endorsed him.
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Very little happens in the film, and since both Robin and Sister Brigid are quite taciturn there’s not much in the way of scintillating dialogue either.
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“Laconic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laconic. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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