Both Uses of
concise
in
The Bourne Supremacy
- Inspector Ian Ballantyne, as he usually did, answered questions with other questions rather than delivering concise answers himself.†
Chpt 17 *
- His final statements, however, were concise and without equivocation.†
Chpt 18
Definitions:
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(1)
(concise) expressing much in few words
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, concise can refer to anything that is efficient (without waste), such as "She trimmed the tree with quick, concise motions."