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Meaning: Expressing much in few words Context example: a concise explanation Similar: cryptic (having a puzzling terseness) aphoristic; apothegmatic; epigrammatic (terse and witty and like a maxim) brief (concise and succinct) compact; compendious; succinct; summary (briefly giving the gist of something) crisp; curt; laconic; terse (brief and to the point; effectively cut short) telegraphic (having the style of a telegram with many short words left out) elliptic; elliptical (characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements) pithy; sententious (concise and full of meaning) Also: taciturn (habitually reserved and uncommunicative) Attribute: long-windedness; prolixity; prolixness; windiness; wordiness (boring verbosity) Antonym: prolix (tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length) "It's no use crying over spilt milk." (English proverb) "When there is heart, there is pain." (Albanian proverb) "Unity is power." (Armenian proverb) "To make your neighbor jealous, go to bed early and get up early." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: What does epigrammatic mean? summary definition What does elliptical mean? long-windedness definition What does prolixness mean?
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