BREVITY

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.

2.
n.

Contraction into few words; conciseness. Brevity is the soul of wit. Shak. This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity. Bp. Porteus.

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