brevity
the quality of being brief or concise
Word origin: From Latin brevitas, shortness (brevis short).
Brevity in a sentence
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The memo's brevity made it easy to read in seconds.
The editor praised the essay's brevity, noting that nothing essential had been sacrificed.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.
Using “brevity” well
Brevity is the quality of being concise, usually a virtue in writing or speech. It can also refer simply to short duration.
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