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A neatly short and concise expressive style
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terseness
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Terse \Terse\, a. [Compar. Terser ; superl. Tersest .] [L. tersus, p. p. of tergere to rub or wipe off.] Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished. [Obs.] Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have not this power attractive. ...
WordNet
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n. a neatly short and concise expressive style [ant: verboseness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being terse.
Usage examples of terseness.
The manner of language, of style and of expression has considerably changed since then, the old abstruse complex sentence with its hidden meanings has been relegated to the shade, there is little of prolixity or long-drawn-out phrases, ambiguity of expression is avoided and the aim is toward terseness, brevity and clearness.
None of the stories are precisely those of Aesop, and none have the concinnity, terseness, and unmistakable deduction of the lesson intended to be taught by the fable, so conspicuous in the great Greek fabulist.
As they walked out of the Circus side by side Smiley wished the janitors good night with unusual terseness, and in the pub in Wardour Street he said 'I've been sacked,' and that was all.
Thus, to explain extraordinary terseness, these two days of muted apparel so unstylishly clothing honourable Kruppe, worse indeed than a shroud of despond.