Definition of "succinct" [suc•cinct]

• Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse: a succinct reply; a succinct style. (adjective)
• Archaic Encircled as if by a girdle; girded. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "ROBERTS: The word succinct I don't think exists in his vocabulary."
• "Jerm is the veteran MC who knows how to ride a beat in succinct or elongated fashion depending on what’s required."
• "It’s rather a useless exercise to try to compare the poet memoirist’s distinct writing styles, but interesting to note how his or her prose is influenced by his or her poetic sensibilities: Orr and Ríos wrote their memoirs in succinct imagistic vignettes, Rekdal and Mora in episodic event-driven chapters, and Doty and Hoffman weave multiple intricate and reflective threads into their complex storytelling."