laconically
English
Etymology
From laconic + -ally; from Laconia, the section of Ancient Greece that the Spartans came from; they were notoriously short of speech.
Adverb
laconically (comparative more laconically, superlative most laconically)
- 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).
Translations
in a terse manner
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References
- “laconically”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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