Economically put (5)

I believe the answer is:

terse

(Other definitions for terse that I've seen before include "precise" , "Brusque among trees" , "Sententious" , "Sparing with words; abrupt" , "Aphoristic" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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