Both Uses of
concise
in
Don Quixote
- While the two had been going along conversing in this fashion, the curate observed to Dorothea that she had shown great cleverness, as well in the story itself as in its conciseness, and the resemblance it bore to those of the books of chivalry.†
Chpt 1.29-30 *
- "Sancho Panza's proverbs," said the duchess, "though more in number than the Greek Commander's, are not therefore less to be esteemed for the conciseness of the maxims.†
Chpt 2.33-34
Definition:
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(concise) expressing much in few words