laconic

luh-KON-ik, adjective

Using very few words; terse to the point of seeming curt.

“His laconic reply of ‘It works’ closed a three-week email thread.”

Where laconic comes from

Laconia was Sparta’s region, and Spartans answered in as few words as possible.

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