Not given to speeches (5)

I believe the answer is:

terse

(Other definitions for terse that I've seen before include "Crisply brief" , "Sparing with words; abrupt" , "Abrupt, concise" , "Concise about trees" , "Of speech, short and pithy" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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