The Only Use
laconic
in
A Tale of Two Cities
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- A slight frown and a laconic "Yes," were the answer.†
Chpt 2.4laconic = using few words
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(laconic) using few wordsThe 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."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)