brevity
shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life.
the quality of expressing much in few words; terseness: Ironically, it is long-winded Polonius in Shakespeare's Hamlet who famously says that brevity is the soul of wit.
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How to use brevity in a sentence
Somehow, the brevity of the message creates an inverse potential for misunderstanding.
The whole operation used a series of brevity codes from the Indian Wars, and Jimbo was a quarter Apache.
The use of “targeted” lends a smell of precision and, therefore, brevity, finality.
What Did You Do in the Targeted Action, Daddy? | John McWhorter | September 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the moment it seems churlish to knock an innocuous little history for its essential brevity and its inevitable lacunae.
John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature | Malcolm Forbes | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMuch was made last Friday in regards to the brevity of the press conference Mayor Ford held.
If Rob Ford Really Smoked Crack, He’d Have a Hell of a Time Governing Toronto | Mansfield Frazier | May 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Let the student continue this comparison till he attains very nearly the brevity and discrimination displayed by Mr. Killick.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)But if such brevity brings such an answer, so soon, why—it will fairly rain cows before we're many hours older.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondIn the same breath he sang of love and the grave, and the love was the more eager for its brevity.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo LeopardiA few unimportant elisions have been made for the sake of brevity and coherence.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheBut to pursue brevity of speech, and to avoid nice declarations of things, is to be granted to him that maketh an abridgment.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
British Dictionary definitions for brevity
/ (ˈbrɛvɪtɪ) /
conciseness of expression; lack of verbosity
a short duration; brief time
Origin of brevity
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