Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laconically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: la-con-i-cal-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a terse manner, given to using few words.

Example Sentences

"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)."
"An officer makes his way through the maelstrom to report a serious fire in one of the turrets. Rozhestvensky laconically orders him to try and put it out, as there isn't much he can do from inside the conning tower."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more laconically (comparative) most laconically (superlative)

Synonyms

dryly drily

Questions

What does laconically mean?: In a terse manner, given to using few words.
Where does laconically come from?: From laconic + -ally; from Laconia, the section of Ancient Greece that the Spartans came from; they were notoriously short of speech.

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