noun [U] (formal)
1 the quality of using few words when speaking or writing:
The report is a masterpiece of brevity. * Charles Dickens was not known for his brevity. * For the sake of brevity, I'd like to make just two points.
2 the fact of lasting a short time:
the brevity of human life
seealsoBRIEF
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for brevity is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does brevity appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — brevity appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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