clipped

Definitions

Cut short or trimmed, especially to make something neater or smaller.

Spoken in a quick, crisp, and somewhat detached manner.

Reduced in length or duration, often referring to audio or video signals.

Examples

The professor spoke in a clipped tone that suggested he was in a hurry.

She clipped the coupon from the newspaper before heading to the grocery store.

Synonyms

abbreviated curtailed truncated shortened terse abrupt curt

Antonyms

elongated extended lengthened prolonged expanded verbose wordy