• Laconically

    Origin

    From Laconia, the section of ancient Greece the Spartans came from, who were notoriously short of speech.

    Full definition of laconically

    Adverb

    laconically

    1. In a terse manner, given to using few words.Calvin Coolidge was so laconic that when a long winded dinner companion said "I bet I can get you to say three words," he replied "you lose."
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