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brevity
noun brevities
    1. Using few words; conciseness.
      Example: He admires brevity in speech
      Thesaurus: shortness, conciseness, pithiness, economy; Antonym: verbosity.
    2. Shortness of time.
      Example: the brevity of this life
Etymology: 16c: probably from Anglo-French brevete, influenced by Latin brevitas, from brevis short.



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