How do you use Laconic in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like crisp or curt, plus the exact meaning.
Laconic meaning
- Communicative through the use of as few words as possible.
- Communicating through the use of as few words as possible.
- Laidback; casual; not intense.
Laconic vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Laconic
- The main meaning on this page is: Communicative through the use of as few words as possible. | Communicating through the use of as few words as possible. | Laidback; casual; not intense.
- Useful related words include: crisp, curt, terse, concise.
- Possible Dutch translations are: laconiek.
- In the example corpus, laconic often appears in combinations such as: the laconic.
Context around Laconic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Laconic
- In this selection, "laconic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, appropriately, given, spartans, april, blue and baritone stand out and add context to how "laconic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include between the laconic and hard and by the laconic yorkshire and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "laconic" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with laconic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
To the contrary, the writing ought to be laconic, but clear. (11 words)
According to both accounts, the Spartans' laconic reply was one word: "If". (12 words)
Mr. Crosby, the laconic, blue-eyed heart throb, was already an American institution. (13 words)
Former and current F.B.I. officials said he was a cross between the laconic and hard-charging Mr. Mueller, who ran the bureau for more than a decade after Sept. 11, and Mr. Comey, whom they viewed as too focused on his public persona. (45 words)
A very prescient comment was made by the laconic Yorkshire and England fast bowler Tom Emmett who, after playing against Grace for the first time in 1869, called him a "nonsuch" (without equal) who "ought to be made to play with a littler bat". (44 words)
Goldstein, a laconic Canadian, wanted Kine to solve the mystery of the picture on the Welcome Back, Kotter lunchbox from the 1970s – it depicted a strange scene that was never actually on the show. (34 words)
Example sentences (15)
In the years since her career-defining role as the sarcastic and laconic April Ludgate, Plaza has been playing a variety of roles intended to show off her acting chops.
Former and current F.B.I. officials said he was a cross between the laconic and hard-charging Mr. Mueller, who ran the bureau for more than a decade after Sept. 11, and Mr. Comey, whom they viewed as too focused on his public persona.
I commiserated with Denis about how to wring the most possible action out of the wave, but he was appropriately laconic for a local.
Mr. Crosby, the laconic, blue-eyed heart throb, was already an American institution.
While his laconic baritone has remained gloriously consistent, the genre styles explored in each of his releases have been wildly disparate.
While there is no definitive indication that the vaccines are edging closer to approval, the Director-General has given laconic projection as to what it will cost to procure the vaccines worldwide.
Goldstein, a laconic Canadian, wanted Kine to solve the mystery of the picture on the Welcome Back, Kotter lunchbox from the 1970s – it depicted a strange scene that was never actually on the show.
He followed that with The Moving Target, also known as Harper, in which Paul Newman played a laconic private eye.
Opening tonight’s show: Detroit’s laconic, lo-fi country band Bonny Doon.
To the contrary, the writing ought to be laconic, but clear.
According to both accounts, the Spartans' laconic reply was one word: "If".
A very prescient comment was made by the laconic Yorkshire and England fast bowler Tom Emmett who, after playing against Grace for the first time in 1869, called him a "nonsuch" (without equal) who "ought to be made to play with a littler bat".
Because this was the manner of philosophy among the ancients, a kind of laconic brevity.
That the stoic Fafhrd is paired with the voluble Ningauble, while the story-loving Mouser with the laconic Sheelba is doubly ironic.
The word laconic is derived from the name of the region by analogy—to speak in a concise way, as the Spartans were reputed by the Athenians to do.
Common combinations with laconic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: