(a.) Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.

Spartan abbreviated abridged aposiopestic brief brusque clipped close close-tongued closemouthed cogent compact compendious compressed condensed contracted crisp curt curtailed curtal curtate cut decurtate direct docked dumb economical of words elliptic epigrammatic gnomic indisposed to talk instantaneous laconic little low mum mute pithy pointed pruned quiet reserved sententious short short and sweet shortened silent snug sparing of words speechless succinct summary synopsized synoptic taciturn terse tight tight-lipped to the point tongue-tied transient trenchant truncated unloquacious untalkative word-bound wordless