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Definition of laconically adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

laconically

adverb

/ləˈkɒnɪkli/

/ləˈkɑːnɪkli/

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in a way that uses only a few words
- ‘Family reasons,’ he said laconically.
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