laconically

English

Etymology

From laconic +‎ -ally; 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)

1. In a terse manner, given to using few words.
   • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Part, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 105:

     The "King" responded well to this treatment and would have maintained 60 m.p.h. up the steepest part had it not been for a brief bout of slipping, which was quickly corrected by Driver Bailes ("Autumn leaves", he remarked laconically).

Translations

in a terse manner

• Belarusian: лакані́чна (lakaníčna)
• Catalan: lacònicament (ca)
• Dutch: laconiek (nl)
• Finnish: lakonisesti (fi)
• French: laconiquement (fr)
• Galician: laconicamente
• Hungarian: lakonikusan
• Italian: laconicamente (it)
• Macedonian: ла́конски (lákonski)
• Polish: lakonicznie (pl)
• Russian: лакони́чно (ru) (lakoníčno), лакони́чески (ru) (lakoníčeski)
• Spanish: lacónicamente (es)
• Ukrainian: лаконі́чно (lakoníčno)

References

• “laconically”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.