BREVITY

brevity, briefness, transience

(noun) the attribute of being brief or fleeting

brevity

(noun) the use of brief expressions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

brevity (countable and uncountable, plural brevities)

(uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.

(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.

(rare, countable) A short piece of writing.

Synonyms

• (quality of being brief in duration): ephemerality, fleetingness, transiency; see also transience

• (succinctness): concision, laconicism, terseness; see also succinctness

Source: Wiktionary


Brev"i*ty, n.; pl. Brevities. Etym: [L. brevitas, fr. brevis short: cf. F. brièvité. See Brief.]

1. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.

2. Contraction into few words; conciseness. Brevity is the soul of wit. Shak. This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity. Bp. Porteus.

Syn.

– Shortness; conciseness; succinctness; terseness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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