clipped
/klɪpt/
cut short; brisk, terse delivery
clipped in a sentence
“Answer in clipped sentences: the character is furious and polite.”
Origin of clipped
Old Norse klippa to cut
Related Words
telegraphic
stripped to essential words, like a telegram
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writing so ornate it calls attention to itself
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meant ironically rather than literally
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unemotional and practical, even about dramatic things
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dry, twisted humor delivered with a straight face
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