terse

1. (by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.Examples: "In eight terse lines has Phædrus told / (So frugal were the Bards of old) / A Tale of Goats; and clos'd with grace / Plan, Moral, all, in that ſhort space."; "Your last series contains some of the neatest, tersest, and most unpretendingly original criticism, I have lately met with."; "The book contains some happily done portrait touches of Napoleon, [...] and this and other aphoristical sentences scattered throughout this volume, [...] form as terse and trenchant a character-sketch of the Emperor as may be found almost anywhere."Synonyms: concise, succinct, brief, concise, crisp, laconic, lapidary, short-windedAntonyms: prolix, verbose, wordy, concise, taciturn, unverbosebroadly

2. (by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.Examples: "'Laura!' The voice halting her was terse. Brusque. She turned. [...] 'Before I go,' he said, and his voice was terse, tighter than ever. 'I want to ensure you understand something.'"; "My voice was terser than I intended, but what the hell. The night was turning out to be interesting in some ways and extremely frustrating in others."Synonyms: abrupt, brusque, mardy, short-spokenbroadly

3. (obsolete) Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.Examples: "By Phœbus, here's a moſt neate fine ſtreete; is't not? I proteſt to thee, I am enamord of this ſtreete now, more then of halfe the ſtreetes of Rome, againe; tis ſo polite, and terſe; [...]"obsolete