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laconic
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The Lone Star Ranger
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Soon, perchance, I shall have the pleasure of writing of the border of to-day, which in Joe Sitter's laconic speech, "Shore is 'most as bad an' wild as ever!"†
Chpt A.P. *

laconic = using few words
He spoke laconically, nevertheless there was a tone that showed he expected to be known.†
Chpt 15

laconically = in a manner that uses few words
When he drew up before the inn the landlord and his family and a number of loungers greeted him laconically.†
Chpt 15
"Howdy, Dodge," said Fletcher, laconically.†
Chpt 21

Definitions:

(1) (laconic)
using few words

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."
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)