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concise

con.cise \k*n-'si-s\ aj [L concisus, fr. pp. of concidere to cut up, fr. 
   com- + ca]edere to cut, strike; akin to MHG heie mallet, Arm xait' to prick 
   1: marked by brevity of expression or statement  2: cut short : BRIEF Y, 
   PITHY, COMPENDIOUS mean very brief in statement or expression, CONCISE 
   suggests the removal of all that is superfluous or elaborative; TERSE 
   implies conciseness that is pointed and elegant; SUCCINCT implies 
   compression into the smallest possible space; LACONIC implies brevity to 
   the point of seeming rude, indifferent, or mysterious; SUMMARY suggests the 
   statement of main points with no elaboration or explanation; PITHY adds to 
   SUCCINCT or TERSE the implication of richness of meaning or substance; 
   COMPENDIOUS applies to a treatment at once full in scope and brief and 
   concise in treatment - con.cise.ly av SYN syn CONCISE, TERSE, SUCCINCT, 
   LACONIC, SUMMAR