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Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
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succinctness
Word definitions for succinctness in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being succinct, conciseness.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Succinctness is a characteristic of speech , writing , data structure , algorithmic games , and thought in general , exhibiting both clarity and brevity. It is the opposite of verbosity , in which there is an excess of words. Brevity in succinctness is ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words [syn: conciseness , concision , pithiness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Succinct \Suc*cinct"\, a. [L. succinctus, p. p. of succingere to gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture .] Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. His habit fit for speed succinct. --Milton. Compressed into ...
Usage examples of succinctness.
In the daytime he speaks his brisk business German, to which vestiges of military jargon lend pithiness and time-saving succinctness: "Let's cut the goldbricking, let's wade in!
Perhaps the headline writer was hamstrung by a lack of space, due to the phenomenal length of the deceased's name, though I prefer to believe the succinctness was intentional.