brevity

noun

Definition of brevitynext
1
as in shortness
the condition of being short the best quality a graduation speech can have is brevity

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2
as in concision
the quality or state of being marked by or using only few words to convey much meaning if brevity is the soul of wit, then that speech wasn't at all witty

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“Brevity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brevity. Accessed 8 Dec. 2023.

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