The Crossword Solver found 2 answers to “Clipped”, 5 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
Answer 1 : TERSE
crisp, curt, laconic, terse – a
brief and to the point; effectively cut short; “a crisp retort”; “a response so curt as to be almost rude”; “the laconic reply; `yes'”; “short and terse and easy to understand”
compendious, compact, succinct, summary – a
briefly giving the gist of something; “a short and compendious book”; “a compact style is brief and pithy”; “succinct comparisons”; “a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject”
succinct, terse, concise, succincter, succinctest – a
clearly expressed in few words
Examples:
He wanted to get the briefing off to a start, so he was rather terse with his opening statements.
Answer 2 : BRUSQUE
adjective
Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.
SYNONYMS
curt, abrupt, blunt, terse, clipped, monosyllabic, peremptory
EXAMPLES:
‘This high-speed technician can be brusque and impatient with the indecisive, but he is a wonder to behold.’
‘To begin with, at least, he is curt to the point of being brusque.’
‘It’s notoriously easy to hit the wrong tone and come off sharp, imperious or brusque in e-mail when you don’t intend to.’
‘His brusque manner seemed to egg her on and she raised her chin a bit.’
‘Indeed, he has the brusque, taciturn manner of a true Montana native, although he was born in San Francisco and raised in the Bay Area.’
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