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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen: brief, compendious, concise, laconic, short, succinct, summary, terse. See BIG, STYLE, WORDS. 2. Having little flesh or fat on the body: angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See FAT. 3. Characterized by an economy of artistic expression: spare, tight. See STYLE.
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