Briefness
51volatility — n 1. vaporability, vaporizability, evap orability; evaporableness, vaporousness, vaporiness, vaporosity; gaseousness. 2. explosiveness, fieriness, tension. 3. flightiness, changefulness, capriciousness, whimsicality, impulsiveness, fickleness,… …
52brevity — brev•i•ty [[t]ˈbrɛv ɪ ti[/t]] n. 1) shortness of time or duration; briefness 2) the quality of expressing much in few words • Etymology: 1500–10; < AF brevite, OF brievete. See brief, ity syn: brevity, conciseness refer to the use of few words …
53brevity — /ˈbrɛvəti / (say brevuhtee) noun (plural brevities) 1. shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life. 2. condensation in speech; conciseness: *This tendency towards brevity has been a feature of Australian slang for many… …
54brief — /brif / (say breef) adjective 1. of little duration. 2. using few words; concise; succinct. 3. abrupt or curt. 4. close fitting and short in length or extent: brief underpants. –noun 5. a short and concise writing or statement. 6. an outline, the …
55brevity — [n] shortness, briefness conciseness, concision, condensation, crispness, curtness, economy, ephemerality, impermanence, pithiness, pointedness, succinctness, terseness, transience, transitoriness; concepts 730,804 Ant. lengthiness, longevity,… …
56brief — [brēf] adj. [ME < OFr bref < L brevis < IE base * mreĝhu , short > MERRY, Gr brachys] 1. of short duration or extent 2. short in length 3. using relatively few words; concise 4. curt or abrupt n. [ …
57brief — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 of short duration. 2 concise in expression. 3 abrupt, brusque (was rather brief with me). 4 scanty; lacking in substance (wearing a brief skirt). n. 1 (in pl.) a women s brief pants. b men s brief underpants. 2 Law a a… …
58shortness — noun 1. the property of being of short spatial extent (Freq. 1) the shortness of the Channel crossing • Ant: ↑longness • Derivationally related forms: ↑short • Hypernyms: ↑length …
59bi|ki|ni — «bih KEE nee», noun. a very scant bathing suit in two pieces for women and girls. ╂[< French, < Bikini, an atoll in the Marshall Islands, site of atomic and hydrogen bomb tests (perhaps because of the briefness of native dress in this… …
60brev|i|ty — «BREHV uh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. shortness; briefness: »The brevity of the concert disappointed the audience. 2. shortness in speech or writing; contraction into a few words; conciseness: »Brevity in storytelling makes the story more… …
