Hardly wordy (5)
I believe the answer is:
terse
'hardly wordy' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for terse that I've seen before include "Brusque and curt" , "Aphoristic" , "Pithy and concise" , "Concise about trees" , "Sententious" .)