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121brevity — n. 1. Briefness, shortness. 2. Conciseness, terseness, compression, succinctness, pithiness …
122compression — n. 1. Condensation, pressing together, squeezing, pinching, confining. 2. Tight closure, close shutting, firm closing. 3. Brevity, terseness, succinctness, pithiness, condensation, conciseness …
123sententiousness — n. Pithiness, terseness, point, vigor, compactness …
124shortness — n. 1. Brevity, conciseness, terseness. 2. Deficiency, imperfection, poverty …
125terse — adjective a terse reply, message etc uses very few words and often shows that you are annoyed: Derek s terse reply ended the conversation. tersely adverb: “Continue!” he said tersely. terseness noun (U) …
126circumlocution — periphrasis, pleonasm, *verbiage, redundancy, tautology Analogous words: prolixity, diffuseness, wordiness, verbosity (see corresponding adjectives at WORDY) Contrasted words: compactness (see corresponding adjectives at CLOSE): conciseness or… …
127incisive — incisive, trenchant, clear cut, cutting, biting, crisp are applied to utterances, thoughts, style, or mentalities and mean having or manifesting the qualities associated with sharpness, keenness, and acuteness, especially of mind. Incisive… …
128saying — saying, saw, adage, proverb, maxim, motto, epigram, aphorism, apothegm can all denote a sententious expression of a general truth. A saying is a brief current or habitual expression that may be anonymous, traditional, or attributable to a… …
