Definition of "brevity" []

• The quality or state of being brief in duration. (noun)
• Concise expression; terseness. (noun)

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• "This brevity is also in the service of the story, the ever shrinking life of the protagonist and this in turn accomplishes a feat which wouldn't otherwise be possible in another mode of fiction."
• "(link) A literary lesson in brevity from the kids, eh?"
• "The wedding invitation, once the model of a certain kind of brevity, is now often a mere component of a thick dossier with multiple stamps."