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Concise (5 letters)

{ Answer }

TERSE

{ Related Clues }

Abrupt
Breviloquent
Brusque
Clipped
Compendious
Curt
Epigrammatic
Laconic
Pithy
To the point
Succinct
Summary
Brief and to the point
Hardly sesquipedalian
Hardly windy
Not flowery
Opposite of prolix
Like tweets, by necessity
Not at all windy
Not drawn out
Wasting no words
Short and often not sweet

{ Tags }

breviloquent, brief, brusque, clipped, compendious, concise, curt, elliptical, epigrammatic, hardly, laconic, like, not, pithy, point, short, succinct, sweet, terse, winded, windy

{ Notes }

The answer TERSE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.

{ Definition }

TERSE as an adjective:

1. (crisp, curt, laconic, terse) = brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

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