succinctest

Adjective

succinct (comparative more succinct or (less common) succincter, superlative most succinct or (less common) succinctest)

1. (archaic) Encircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly.
   • Near-synonyms: bundled up, cinched, engirdled, girdled

   Synonyms:

   bundled up, cinched, engirdled, girdled

   1. (archaic, broadly) Of some pupae: encircled by a thread of silk around the centre.
2. (also, archaic, poetic) Of clothes: not loose; close-fitting, tight-fitting.
   • [W]ings he vvore / Of many a colourd plume ſprinkl'd vvith Gold, / His habit fit for ſpeed ſuccinct, and held / Before his decent ſteps a Silver vvand.1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature...

   Synonyms:

   as tight as Dick's hatband, body-hugging, bodycon, clingsome, clingy, close-fitting, figure-hugging, form-fitting, skinny, skintight

   Antonyms:

   baggy, relaxed, full, loose, loose-fitting, pouchy, saggy, slack

3. (figuratively) Compressed into a small area; compact.
   • Unlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first.
4. (figuratively) Of an action, etc.: lasting a short time; brief, curt.
   • Then ſuddenly, and vvith a ſuccinct bovv, bidding them all good bye, he took a haſty leave; […]1796, [Frances Burney], “How to Treat a Defamer”, in Camilla: Or, A Picture of Youth. […], volume IV, London: […] T[homas] Payne, […]; and T[homas] Cadell Jun. and W[illiam] Davies (successors to Mr....
5. (figuratively) Of speech or writing: brief and to the point; concise.
   • You should give clear, succinct information to the clients.

   Synonyms:

   laconic, terse, brief, concise, crisp, lapidary, short-winded, tight, to the point, taut

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