laconically

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laconically

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

adverb more laconically · most laconically

In a terse manner, given to using few words. 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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adv in a terse manner

Español	lacónicamente
Français	laconiquement
Italiano	laconicamente
Русский	лакони́чно lakoníčno, лакони́чески lakoníčeski

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"laconically." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/laconically. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{laconically_2026,
  title = {laconically},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/laconically},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}