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"The soul of wit," according to Polonius
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brevity
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1500, from Latin brevitatem (nominative brevitas ) "shortness" in space or time, from brevis "short" (see brief (adj.)).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Brevity is concision , the quality of being brief or concise. It may also refer to: Brevity (comic strip) , a comic strip created by Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry brevity code , a vocal word replacement system Operation Brevity , a World War II battle
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context uncountable English) The quality of being brief in duration.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Fans were disappointed by the brevity of the concert. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Due to the brevity of this period a neurone can send action potentials at a rate of up to 1000 per second. ▪ Features of this sequence are brevity ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brevity \Brev"i*ty\, n.; pl. Brevities . [L. brevitas, fr. brevis short: cf. F. bri[`e]vit['e]. See Brief .] Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life. Contraction into few words; conciseness. Brevity is the soul of wit. ...
Usage examples of brevity.
The massive reef in the distance, perceptible in the dark, that gigantic base of my tomb so newly begun on the banks of the Tiber, suggested to me no regret at the moment, no terror nor vain meditation upon the brevity of life.
Men sank into themselves, contemplating the brevity of life and the certain horrors the morning would bring.
There was an innocence about it, a brevity of display possessed only by the youngthough in no way did it strike Achamian as naive.
The young women, who are free, if the rules permit, as they sometimes do not, commonly wear masks, that their modesty be less grievously compromised by the brevity of their costume.
She had lovely legs, marvelously revealed by the brevity of the platform tunic.
Against this tapestry of living light the jagged contours of the pyramids stood out in dark outline, and as any thoughtful individual might do, I mused upon the vanity of human aspiration and the brevity of human passions.
The lamps that had been left to light the dead would burn on until the oil was consumed - an ironic commentary on the brevity of human life.
One day, while walking along the cliffs, the solution came to me with the same characteristics of brevity, suddenness, and immediate certainty.
The new technology of radio had forced briskness and brevity on professional speakers, such as politicians, who were accustomed to orating on the stump for three hours at a stretch, and preachers, sometimes drilling words into their listeners at speeds that reached two hundred words a minute.
At times, gene language gets a bit tedious, and for brevity and vividness we shall lapse into metaphor.
For brevity, we shall again use the convention of thinking of the individual as though it had a conscious purpose.
Zhang Yushu and Ravi Rashood smiled wryly at the dazzling skill and brevity of the exchange.
High up on the slope he found the four burros, sleek and fat and lazy, and, when he drove them, the first time for months, he had strange, dark, boding appreciation of the brevity of life.
But Vaughn realized the peril of the situation and the brevity of time left him.
I will but mention another peculiarity in this language which gives equal force and brevity to its forms of expressions.