Associations to the word «Brevity»

Wiktionary

BREVITY, noun. (uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.
BREVITY, noun. (uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.
BREVITY, noun. (rare) (countable) A short piece of writing.

Dictionary definition

BREVITY, noun. The use of brief expressions.
BREVITY, noun. The attribute of being brief or fleeting.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky