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The Clue

Hardly rambling (5 letter answer)

The Answer

TERSE

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Notes

The answer TERSE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.

Related Clues

Antisesquipedalian
Brief
Brusque
Clipped
Compendious
Concise
Curt
Elliptical
Epigrammatic
Laconic
Pithy
To the point
Polished
Short
Succinct
Unpadded
Brief and to the point
Hardly garrulous
Hardly wordy
Like headlines
Not going on
Not windy
Short-winded
Succintly worded
Like Coolidge's utterances
Like Hemingway's prose
Not saying much
Like the review "Hated it," e.g.

Definition

TERSE as an adjective:

1. (crisp, curt, laconic, terse) = 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"