laconically

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb in a dry laconic manner; he said dryly

Etymology

From laconic + -ally; from Laconia, the section of Ancient Greece that the Spartans came from; they were notoriously short of speech.

In classic literature

Synonyms

dryly, drily

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