brevity

Noun

Meaning

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

Contraction into few words; conciseness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

terseness shortness transience conciseness briefness concision laconicism ephemerality fleetingness succinctness economy compression condensation concise compactness
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Antonyms

infinity length babble extension diffusion chat
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Hypernyms

length duration terseness

Derivatives

brevities

Examples

A difficulty in devising such explanations is finding a satisfactory balance between completeness on one hand, and simplicity and brevity on the other. Source: Internet

Answers may have been edited for clarity and brevity. Source: Internet

And while Gugu Mbatha-Raw is limited in this film, she is such a consistently welcome presence that viewers will forgive the brevity. Source: Internet

As a result of this grammatical permissiveness, there is a tendency to gravitate towards brevity; Japanese speakers tend to omit pronouns on the theory they are inferred from the previous sentence, and are therefore understood. Source: Internet

Although Emperor Yōmei is reported to have died from illness, this incident and the brevity of his reign have led some to speculate that he was actually assassinated by Moriya and Prince Anahobe. Source: Internet

A transcript of Part Two, lightly edited for clarity and brevity, is below. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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