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Term | Definition |
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laconic | to say very little |
to say very little | President Calvin Coolidge's laconoic way of talking earned him the nickname "Silent Cal." |
taciturn | to say verry little |
to say verry little | is there any truth to the gender stereotype that males tend to be more taciturn than females |
garrulous | to keep talking on and on and on |
to keep talking on and on and on | i like what paul has to say in his class , but he's just too garrulous |
lapidary | a style of writing |
a style of writing | The lapidary style of abraham lincoln's gettysburg address is easily contrasted with the unremembered two hour speech by the little remembered edward everett |
pithy | short and sweet to the point |
short and sweet to the point | his speech was very far from pithy |
succinct | short and to the point a synonym to pithy |
short and to the point a synonym to pithy | despite his subject's prolonged entreaty for aid the cruel king responded with a succinct "NO." |
terse | short and to the point |
glib |