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What is the adjective for terser?

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terse
  1. (obsolete) polish, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce
  2. (of speech or style) brief, concise, to the point
  3. abruptly or brusquely short
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The pity and the terror of the situation are conveyed in terse, crisp prose.”
      “Without so much as a greeting, she wrapped the reins around the saddle horn and spoke in a terse tone.”
      “The terse statement issued by both parties today didn't elaborate on the deal.”
terser
  1. comparative form of terse: more terse
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Where earlier writers might have used prepositional phrases, Classical authors preferred bare nominal-case forms as terser and more exact.”
      “Texting feels more intimate, even if it is simply a terser cousin of e-mail, though even that intimacy has limitations.”
      “The court in Bourke's case conducted an even terser version of the Kay analysis in reaching the same conclusion in a pretrial ruling.”
tersest
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