All 6 Uses of
laconic
in
Gone with the Wind
- Frank did not know she had received a laconic letter from Will, relating that Jonas Wilkerson had paid another call at Tara and, finding her gone to Atlanta, had stormed about until Will and Ashley threw him bodily off the place.†
Chpt 4.36
- Will closed by wishing her happiness, a laconic formal statement which he qualified in no way.†
Chpt 4.36 *
- He should have known she would take the first train possible after receiving his laconic message that Gerald was dead.†
Chpt 4.39
- "I reckon," said Archie laconically and, after a pause, "I was a convict for nigh on to forty years."†
Chpt 4.42
- Says he's sick," said Johnnie laconically.†
Chpt 4.44
- I have a key," said Rhett laconically, and his eyes met Melanie's evenly.†
Chpt 4.45
Definition:
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(laconic) using few wordseditor's notes: The word laconic is named after Laconia, a region of Greece once known for using few words. For example, when ancient Athens was fighting Sparta, Athens sent a long message saying "If we beat you, we will destroy your civilization, we will kill everybody, we will spare no-one." The Spartans replied with one word: "If."