| Terse (superl.) Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off |
| Terse (superl.) Refined |
| Terse (superl.) Elegantly concise |
| crisp curt laconic terse | 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 |