unwordyadj.
rare.
Not diffuse or verbose; concise.
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1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unwordy, not wordy.]
1841 T. De Quincey Style: No. IV in Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 223/2 The culture of an unwordy diction.
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