Antonyms for laconism


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lak-uh-niz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæk əˌnɪz əm


Definition of laconism

  • As in silence : noun absence of sound, speech
  • As in noiselessness : noun silence
  • As in quietness : noun silence
  • As in soundlessness : noun silence
  • As in speechlessness : noun silence
Example sentences :
  • She answered other questions with equal firmness and laconism.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. » by Various
  • You may, perhaps, imagine that laconism could no further go.
  • Extract from : « Friend Mac Donald » by Max O'Rell
  • He was the Spartan of Tobymen, and laconism was the short soul of his professional legislation!
  • Extract from : « Paul Clifford, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • His friend obeyed him, more alarmed by Andre's laconism than he could have been by some sudden explosion of passion.
  • Extract from : « Caught In The Net » by Emile Gaboriau
  • This laconism came from the lips of a young man who was walking along the Levee of New Orleans.
  • Extract from : « The Free Lances » by Mayne Reid
  • This I shall endeavour to interpret, by developing to the best of my ability the laconism of the philosophical naturalist.
  • Extract from : « What is Property? » by P. J. Proudhon

Synonyms for laconism

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