Hypertext Webster Gateway: "brevity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

brevity
n 1: the use of brief expressions
2: the attribute of being brief or fleeting [syn: {briefness},
{transience}]

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