concise
adj.adj. short and clear, without using extra words. You use this to describe writing or speech that gets straight to the point.
adj. expressing much in few words; brief and comprehensive in statement. Typically applied to written or spoken communication that avoids redundancy.
Please keep your summary concise so we can finish the meeting on time.
The instructions on the box are concise, allowing users to assemble the furniture quickly without reading pages of text.
A truly concise argument does not merely omit words; it distils complex ideas into their most potent form, ensuring every sentence drives the thesis forward.
From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).
Functions both attributively and predicatively; often modified by adverbs of degree like 'very' or 'more'.