Thesaurus: concise
Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
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- a. Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
- adj. expressing much in few words
- Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking. The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood. B. Jonson. Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little. I. Watts. Syn. -- Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary; succinct. See Laconic, and Terse.
- Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted;-- used of style in writing or speaking.The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhatto be understood. B. Jonson.Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little. I.Watts.
- j:100 a. expressing much in few words