different between summary vs laconic

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin summ?rius, from Latin summa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?m??i/
• Homophone: summery

Adjective

summary (comparative more summary, superlative most summary)

1. Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form

   A summary review is in the appendix.

2. Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.

   They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people.

3. (law) Performed by skipping the procedures of a standard and fair trial.

   Summary justice is bad justice.

Derived terms

• summarily

Translations

Noun

summary (plural summaries)

1. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

Synonyms

• upshot, bottom line, short form (slang)
• Thesaurus:summary

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

Wikiquote

Wikidata

From Latin Lac?nicus (“Spartan”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (Lak?nikós, “Laconian”). Laconia was the region inhabited and ruled by the Spartans, who were known for their brevity in speech.

Alternative forms

• laconick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??k?n?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l??k?n?k/
• Rhymes: -?n?k

Adjective

laconic (comparative more laconic, superlative most laconic)

1. Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
   • August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift

     I grow laconick even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.

   • 1738, Zachary Grey, An Attempt towards the Character of the Royal Martyr King Charles I

     His sense was strong and his style laconic.

Synonyms

• concise, pithy, terse

Antonyms

• bombastic, long-winded, verbose, loquacious, prolix

Related terms

• laconical
• laconically
• laconism
• spartan

Translations

Anagrams

• calcino, calocin, cloacin, colanic, conical

Romanian

Etymology

From French laconique

Adjective

laconic m or n (feminine singular laconic?, masculine plural laconici, feminine and neuter plural laconice)

1. laconic

Declension