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laconicly

laconicly adverb: in a laconic manner.

Adverb

laconicly (comparative more laconicly, superlative most laconicly)

  1. In a laconic manner.
    • An unsuccessful man was in prison , and wrote to him for relief; he replied very laconicly , that it was not convenient to him to grant it; but a little time afterwards a person waited upon the applicant, and told him he had some money for him, but he was on no account to tell who from, but he...1817, Fragments to the Memory of the Late Richard Reynolds, Esq., page 79
    • As Lindbergh walked back thoughtfully to headquarters to make his report, a mechanic observed laconicly, "I forgot to tell you the needle on the oxygen indicator was not working properly."1965, Bryant M. Kirkland, Home before dark, page 21

Forms of laconicly

comparativemore laconicly
superlativemost laconicly

Origin of laconicly

From laconic + -ly.

Questions about laconicly

What does laconicly mean?
Laconicly means in a laconic manner.
What part of speech is laconicly?
Laconicly is an adverb.

Words near laconicly in the dictionary

  1. laconically
  2. laconicalness
  3. laconicism
  4. laconicisms
  5. laconicity
  6. laconicly
  7. laconicum
  8. laconism
  9. laconisms
  10. laconist
  11. laconization

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