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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
brevity
    n 1: the use of brief expressions
    2: the attribute of being brief or fleeting [syn: brevity,
       briefness, transience]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Brevity \Brev"i*ty\, n.; pl. Brevities. [L. brevitas, fr.
   brevis short: cf. F. bri[`e]vit['e]. See Brief.]
   1. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity
      of human life.
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   2. Contraction into few words; conciseness.
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            Brevity is the soul of wit.           --Shak.
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            This argument is stated by St. John with his usual
            elegant brevity and simplicity.       --Bp. Porteus.
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   Syn: Shortness; conciseness; succinctness; terseness.
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Thesaurus Results for Brevity:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
brachylogy, briefness, 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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