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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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