Definition of Laconically. Meaning of Laconically. Synonyms of Laconically

- A laconic phrase or laconism is a concise or terse statement, especially a blunt and elliptical rejoinder. It is named after Laconia, the region of Greece...
- Laconic speech may mean: alogia - a thought impoverishment observable through speech and language use laconic phrase - a concise or terse statement, especially...
- absurdity of the subject matter. The delivery is meant to be blunt, ironic, laconic, or apparently unintentional. The term deadpan first emerged early in the...
- during the two-word stage of language acquisition in children, which is laconic and efficient. The name derives from the fact that someone sending a telegram...
- of the short story, as did Lydia Davis, through her idiosyncratic and laconic style. The Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges is one of the best-known...
- Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word laconic—to speak in a blunt, concise way—is derived from the name of this region...
- song for his 1958 live album Misterioso featured "a long, laconically hilarious (and laconically, hilariously virtuosic) Johnny Griffin solo that's a landmark...
- written diagnosis of cancer to Imhotep. Unfortunately, the therapy Imhotep laconically prescribed for it would be equally recognizable for millennia: “There...
- companions asked him on his deathbed to whom he bequeathed his kingdom; his laconic reply was "tôi kratistôi"—"to the strongest". Another theory is that his...
- from Stills'. Waiting at their next stop in Atlanta, Stills received a laconic telegram: "Dear Stephen, Funny how things that start spontaneously end...