neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.

abruptly concise; curt; brusque.

adjective

lengthy , long-winded , prolix , wordy

adjective

abrupt , aphoristic , boiled down , breviloquent , brusque , clear-cut , clipped , close , compact , compendiary , compendious , concise , condensed , crisp , cryptic , curt , cut to the bone , elliptical , epigrammatic , exact , gnomic , in a nutshell , incisive , laconic , lean , neat , pithy , pointed , precise , sententious , short and sweet * , snappy , succinct , summary , taut , to the point , trenchantnotes:use terse to characterize brevity or succinctness of expression in a person; concise is used to characterize this in a message , short , abbreviated , axiomatic , brief , clearcut , monosyllabic , poignant , postulational , telegrammatic , telegraphic , trenchant