laconic
luh-KON-ikadjMeaning using very few words
Memory hook LACK-ONIC: he LACKS words. Asked how his long, long trip across the desert went, the rancher says only, “Fine.” He lacks words to spare: he is laconic.
The laconic rancher answered every question with “Yep” or “Nope.”
In context Though the reporters asked long questions about her record-breaking climb, the laconic mountaineer said only, “It was cold.”
Similar brief, terse, of few words
Opposite verbose, garrulous, talkative
From Greek Lakonikos, “of Laconia,” the region of ancient Sparta, whose speakers were known for short replies.