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# (of speech or writing) Communicative through the use of as [[few]] words as possible. | # (of speech or writing) Communicative through the use of as [[few]] words as possible. | ||
#* Synonyms: terse, succinct, concise, pithy, lapidary | #* Synonyms: terse, succinct, concise, pithy, lapidary | ||
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# (of speakers or writers) Communicating through the use of as [[few]] words as possible. | # (of speakers or writers) Communicating through the use of as [[few]] words as possible. | ||
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#* 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift: | #* 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift: | ||