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adjective

Succinct adj.

Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. "His habit fit for speed succinct."

Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise. "Let all your precepts be succinct and clear." "The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind."

Synonyms: Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... of his face, gave an unmistakable character of intellect to the finely placed head. Indeed, he liked to observe that the gods of the Greek sculptors owed much of their elevation to being similarly out of drawing! The lower features were terse, succinct, and powerful,—from the bold, decided jaw, to the large, firm, ugly, good-humored mouth. His very spectacles aided the general expression; they had a look of the man. But how shall I attempt to tell you of his brilliant conversation, of his rapid, energetic manner, of his quick turns ...

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— State of the Union Addresses of Martin van Buren • Martin van Buren

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— The Governments of Europe • Frederic Austin Ogg

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— Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) • John Addington Symonds

... the log, Miss Garden," said the master, who had been explaining the use of the log, though in not quite so succinct a way as I have attempted to do. "You'll be able to turn the glass another ...

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