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Synonyms for brevity
ˈbrɛv ɪ tibrevi·ty

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  1. brevitynoun

    the use of brief expressions

    Synonyms:
    briefness, transience

  2. brevity, briefness, transiencenoun

    the attribute of being brief or fleeting

    Synonyms:
    transitoriness, briefness, transiency, transience

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. brevitynoun

    Synonyms:
    briefness, shortness

  2. brevitynoun

    Synonyms:
    conciseness, terseness, compression, succinctness, pithiness

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  1. List of paraphrases for "brevity":

    conciseness, shortness

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#19386abbreviation
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#39155closeness
#41093brevity
#59430compactness
#93289directness
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#141473conciseness
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How to use brevity in a sentence?

  1. Arthur Schopenhauer:

    How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do.

  2. Chief Executive Jack Dorsey:

    It's staying. It's a good constraint for us and it allows for of-the-moment brevity.

  3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

    What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.

  4. William Shakespeare:

    Brevity is the soul of wit.

  5. Hosea Ballou:

    Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.


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