laconically

English

Etymology

From Laconia, the section of Ancient Greece that the Spartans came from; they were notoriously short of speech.

Adverb

laconically (comparative more laconically, superlative most laconically)

In a terse manner, given to using few words.

Translations

in a terse manner

Dutch: laconiek (nl)
Finnish: lakonisesti (fi)

Hungarian: lakonikusan

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