Crossword clues for succinctness
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.]
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Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
His habit fit for speed succinct.
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Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
Let all your precepts be succinct and clear.
--Roscommon.The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind.
--South.Syn: Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse. [1913 Webster] -- Suc*cinct"ly, adv. -- Suc*cinct"ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The property of being succinct, conciseness.
WordNet
n. terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words [syn: conciseness, concision, pithiness]
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 not achieved by shortening original material by coding or compressing it, but rather by omitting redundant material from it.
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.