laconical

Adjective

la=con=i=cal

CIDE DICTIONARY

laconical, a. [L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. , fr. a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique.].

Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. [1913 Webster]
"I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long." [1913 Webster]

"His sense was strong and his style laconic." [1913 Webster]
Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. [1913 Webster]
"His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well."

Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed; pithy.

laconical, a.

See Laconic, a. [1913 Webster]