All 4 Uses of
terse
in
Into the Wild
- When they flew away, they took McCandless's remains, a camera with five rolls of exposed film, the SOS note, and a diary, written across the last two pages of a field guide to edible plants, that recorded the young man's final weeks in 113 terse, enigmatic entries.†
p. 13.9
- A week later Westerberg received a terse card with a Montana postmark:†
p. 68.9 *
- Many of the entries in the brief, perplexing diary recovered with the body were terse observations of flora and fauna, which fueled speculation that McCandless was a field biologist.†
p. 99.1
- His journal entry for the day is characteristically terse but unmistakably joyous: "CLIMB MOUNTAIN!"†
p. 164.7
Definition:
using words sparingly -- sometimes in a way that seems unfriendly