Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"