The author's dialog was always sharp and bare

[Haseli221]

Dear friends, would you please tell me the meanings of "sharp and bare" in the following sentence?
The author's dialog was always sharp and bare: "You love me?" "Uh-huh." "Good."

Also the meaning of "miserly" in the following sentence:
I will tell you an anecdote that shows how wise he was about woods and how miserly he could be with words.

 

[Barque]

"sharp and bare"

Sharp = To the point.
Bare = Minimal, not using more words than necessary.

the meaning of "miserly" in the following sentence:

It's figurative. It means he didn't speak much. He "saved" his words and didn't let them escape his lips, just as a miser hoards his money and doesn't spend much.

 

[5jj]

Please always tell us the title and author of anything you quote, Haseli.

 

[Haseli221]

The above sentences were taken from a book titled " Building vocabulary skills" by Nist and Mohr, 2002.

 

[Rover_KE]

Haseli, please note that I've changed your thread title to make it more relevant to your question.

 

[emsr2d2]

The above sentences were taken from a book titled "Building Vocabulary Skills" by Nist and Mohr, 2002.

Remember to capitalise the first letter of each main word in book titles. Please make sure you provide the source in post #1 in future.