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brevity 音标拼音: [br'ɛvəti] n. 短暂,简短 短暂,简短 brevity n 1: the use of brief expressions 2: the attribute of being brief or fleeting [ synonym: { brevity}, { briefness}, { transience}] Brevity \ Brev" i* ty\, n.; pl. { Brevities}. [ L. brevitas, fr. brevis short: cf. F. bri[` e] vit[' e]. See { Brief}.] 1. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Contraction into few words; conciseness. [ 1913 Webster] Brevity is the soul of wit. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity. -- Bp. Porteus. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Shortness; conciseness; succinctness; terseness. [ 1913 Webster] 41 Moby Thesaurus words for " brevity": brachylogy, briefness, brusqueness, compactness, compendiousness, conciseness, concision, crispness, curtness, dumbness, economy, economy of words, instantaneousness, laconicalness, laconicism, laconism, littleness, lowness, muteness, obmutescence, pauciloquy, pithiness, pointedness, quietness, quietude, reserve, sententiousness, short time, shortness, silence, sparingness of words, speechlessness, succinctness, summariness, swiftness, taciturnity, terseness, transience, unloquaciousness, untalkativeness, wordlessness
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