Brevity Definition
brĕvĭ-tē
noun
The quality of being brief; shortness of time.
Webster's New World
The quality of being concise; terseness.
Webster's New World
(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.
Wiktionary
(rare, countable) A short piece of writing.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Brevity
Noun
Singular:
brevity
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brevitiesOrigin of Brevity
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from Anglo-Norman brevité < from Old French brieveté < from Latin brevitātem, accusative of brevitās, from brevis (“short”).
From Wiktionary
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Latin brevitās from brevis short brief
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Borrowed directly from Latin brevitās; or
From Wiktionary
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