laconically

in a few words the witness answered the prosecutor's questions rather laconically and had to be coaxed into giving more details Synonyms briefly, compactly, concisely, crisply, curtly, elliptically, shortly, pithily, succinctly, summarily, terselyRelated Words aphoristically, sententiously; exactly, precisely; abruptly, bluffly, bluntly, brusquely; monosyllabicallyNear Antonyms redundantly, repetitiouslyAntonyms diffusely, long-windedly, verbosely, wordily