Containing the substance within small compass, concise, succinct, summary; comprehensive though brief; esp. of literary works; also of their authors.

Occupying short time in speaking or reading; consisting of few words, short, concise.

Of style of writing or speaking, hence of a writer or speaker: Concise.

Phrase. short and sweet: brief and pleasant; now usually more or less ironically, of an expression that is brief and severe or decisive, or that…

shortened, curtailed, curt.

Chiefly of a statement, conclusion: containing only the essential or main points of a matter; concise, succinct. Obsolete.

= laconic, adj.

Characterized by or involving conciseness and brevity. Obsolete.

Of a narrative, etc.: Compressed into small compass; expressed in few words; brief and concise.

Summary, concise, brief. Obsolete. rare.

Following the Laconian manner, esp. in speech and writing; brief, concise, sententious. Of persons: Affecting a brief style of speech.

Of speech or writing: Expressed in few words; brief and comprehensive in statement; not diffuse.

Compendious, expeditious, brief.

Chiefly of language or mode of expression: precise, exact in detail.

Of words, sentences, style, etc.: Concise, brief, condensed, terse; short to a fault.

Characteristic or typical of Sparta, its inhabitants, or their customs; esp. distinguished by simplicity, frugality, courage, or brevity of speech…

Resembling or reminiscent of a nutshell; (now usually) spec. condensed, concise.

Of a language: Concise, terse, not redundant. Obsolete. rare.

Of speech, style, manners, etc.: characterized by simplicity, frugality, or brevity. Cf. Spartan, adj. 2, laconic, adj. 2.

Of language, narrative, or exposition: Direct, without circumlocution or digression.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Of the nature of shorthand; compendious.

(a) adv. like a Spartan, bravely; (b) adj. resembling (that of) the Spartans.

Not diffuse or verbose; concise.

Condensed, brief, concise.

Of language: Terse, concise, condensed. Also in general, of literary, artistic, or intellectual work: kept within strict limits; pared to…

= A. 2.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)

Of argument, etc.: Closely reasoned, compact in expression.

Of music, writing, etc.: concise and controlled.