Concise \Con*cise"\, a. [L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of
   concidere to cut to pieces; con- + caedere to cut; perh. akin
   to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.; cf. F. concis.]
   Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and
   compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
   
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         The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but
         leaves somewhat to be understood.        --B. Jonson.
   
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         Where the author is . . . too brief and concise,
         amplify a little.                        --I. Watts.

   Syn: Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary;
        succinct. See {Laconic}, and {Terse}.
        
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concise
     adj : expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation" [ant:
           {prolix}]

67 Moby Thesaurus words for "concise":
   Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, aposiopestic, brief, brusque,
   clipped, close, close-tongued, closemouthed, cogent, compact,
   compendious, compressed, condensed, contracted, crisp, curt,
   curtailed, curtal, curtate, cut, decurtate, direct, docked, dumb,
   economical of words, elliptic, epigrammatic, gnomic,
   indisposed to talk, instantaneous, laconic, little, low, mum, mute,
   pithy, pointed, pruned, quiet, reserved, sententious, short,
   short and sweet, shortened, silent, snug, sparing of words,
   speechless, succinct, summary, synopsized, synoptic, taciturn,
   terse, tight, tight-lipped, to the point, tongue-tied, transient,
   trenchant, truncated, unloquacious, untalkative, word-bound,
   wordless

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