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Thesaurus: terse

Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.

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  1. superl. Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
  2. superl. Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.
  3. superl. Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.
  4. adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short
  5. j:100 s brief and to the point; effectively cut short; `yes'"