laconism
Example Sentences
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The only time he abandoned his Trappist laconism was when Alba went to visit him in his tunnel of books.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
This I shall endeavour to interpret, by developing to the best of my ability the laconism of the philosophical naturalist.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
For that hand writes often by abbreviations, hieroglyphics, and short characters, which, like the laconism on Belshazzar’s wall, are not to be made out but by a key from that Spirit that indited them.’
From Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation by Whyte, Alexander
"Well, where have you been?" he said to her with offhand laconism.
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
This spiritual laconism invigorated the arm of men who perhaps wanted no other stimulative than the hope of obtaining the immense property of the besieged.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac
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