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