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knapp; knapp gehalten; karg; lapidar; sparsam {adj} (Äußerung, Text) [listen] curt; crisp; terse (of a statement or text) [? krisp ters av/av a/ey steytmant aor/er tekst] [listen]

eine knappe Pressemitteilung a terse press release

lapidar {adj} (Stil, Sprache) lapidary (style, language)
[læpaderi: stayl længgwajh/længgwijh]

lapidar {adv} succinctly [saksingktli:]

knapp; lapidar; sparsam {adv} [listen] curtly; crisply; tersely
[kertli: krispli: tersli:]

lässig; flapsig {adj} offhand [Br.] [aofhænd]

etw. lapidar abtun to be offhand about sth.

jdn. kurz abfertigen to be offhand with sb.

Das erscheint mir ein wenig unangemessen. This attitude seems to me to be rather offhand.
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