Brevity

Definition of Brevity

Brev´i`ty
n.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.

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brachylogy, brusqueness, compactness, compendiousness, conciseness, concision, crispness, curtness, dumbness, economy, economy of words, instantaneousness, laconicalness, laconicism, laconism, littleness, lowness, muteness, obmutescence, pauciloquy, pithiness, pointedness, quietness, quietude, reserve, sententiousness, short time, shortness, silence, sparingness of words, speechlessness, succinctness, summariness, swiftness, taciturnity, terseness, transience, unloquaciousness, untalkativeness, wordlessness
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