(a.) Alt. of Gnomical.

Spartan abbreviated abridged aphoristic aposiopestic axiomatic brief brusque clipped close compact compendious compressed concise condensed contracted crisp curt cut docked elliptic epigrammatic formulaic formulistic laconic pithy platitudinous pointed proverbial pruned pungent reserved sententious short short and sweet shortened succinct summary synopsized taciturn terse tight to the point truncated