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briefness
 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun briefness has 2 senses
  1. briefness - the temporal property of being very short
    --1 is a kind of     shortness
  2. brevity, briefness, transience - the attribute of being brief or fleeting
    --2 is a kind of duration, length

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Briefness

Definition: The quality or state of being brief; short duration or conciseness.

Examples:

  1. The briefness of his speech left the audience wanting more.
  2. She summarized the report with impressive briefness.

Synonyms:

  • conciseness
  • shortness
  • succinctness
  • brevity

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