Con‐cise″ (?), a. [L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of concidere to cut to pieces; con- + caedere to cut; perh. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.; cf. F. concis.] Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; — used of style in writing or speaking.
The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood.
B. Jonson.
Where the author is... too brief and concise, amplify a little.
I. Watts.
Syn. — Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary; succinct. See Laconic, and Terse.