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laconically, adv.|ləˈkɒnɪkəlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
After the manner of the Laconians or Spartans, esp. in brevity of speech.
1631Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 572 He..writ thus to the Abbot Laconically..Who answered as briefly. 1631R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlew. (1641) 298 Farre bee it from me to be so..Laconically severe. 1742Pope Let. to Warburton 28 Dec. Wks. 1751 IX. 254, I write, you know, very laconically. 1823Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 32 The king laconically replied, that he should wait for the English..till Friday. 1851Alford in Life (1873) 206 The ‘Christian Remembrancer’..has taken notice of my answer very laconically. 1873G. C. Davies Mount. & Mere xiv. 109 ‘Donkeys’ he answered laconically. |