laconism
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The only time he abandoned his Trappist laconism was when Alba went to visit him in his tunnel of books.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Paling suddenly, Mr. Hildreth dropped his eyes and replied humbly, though with equal laconism, "I was thinking."
From Hand and Ring by Anna Katharine Green
"En grant barnage fu Looys entrez; Quant il fu riche, Guillaume n'en sot gré," ends the poem with its usual laconism.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury
"Blight, Mildew, and Smut," he replied, with the laconism of one who is absolutely certain of his own mind.
From Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
For a day or two following Devereau's unsatisfactory laconism nothing developed.
From Winner Take All by Larry Evans
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