terse

About 0.75 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
2. adjective Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
3. adjective Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Similar words

laconic concise curt crisp succinct summary compendious brief blunt dry

Often followed by

and statement reply comment but sentences style words note

Word family

tersely terseness tersenesses terser tersest