laconically

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Etymology[edit]

From laconic +‎ -ally; from Laconia, the section of Ancient Greece that the Spartans came from; they were notoriously short of speech.

Adverb[edit]

laconically (comparative more laconically, superlative most laconically)

  1. In a terse manner, given to using few words.
    • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Part, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 105:
      The "King" responded well to this treatment and would have maintained 60 m.p.h. up the steepest part had it not been for a brief bout of slipping, which was quickly corrected by Driver Bailes ("Autumn leaves", he remarked laconically).

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