Laconic – Using few words

(Pronounced luh-kon-ik)

With luck, she would become an iconic (laconic) film star, but she'd had to speak very few words in the parts she'd had so far.

Examples of laconic in a sentence

Paul's date was very laconic, she only said two sentences the entire evening.

To save valuable time, he gave a laconic explanation of what happened.

He has a wonderfully laconic kind of humour.