brevities
Snippets of terseness
Brevities is the plural of brevity, which refers to shortness or conciseness—whether of time, speech, or written expression.
The word appears most often in discussions of communication style: The brevities of his responses suggested impatience.
Someone might compare the brevities of different authors' prose.
The singular form is far more common.
Expressed with minimal words
- terseBrief to bluntness
- pithyConcise and forceful
- laconicBrief in expression
- compactnessState of being compressed
economy · shortness · pithiness · terseness · succinctness · condensation · compression · aphorisms
Terse general truth
- epigramPithy, memorable saying
- maximBrief moral principle
- haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse
- telegramWired written dispatch
tweet · flash fiction · microfiction · vignette · sketch · fragment · one-liner · quip
Passing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- passingMoving by or temporary
short-lived · transitory · evanescent · impermanent · flashes · instants · moments · interludes
succinct
Expressed with minimal words
compactness · economy · shortness · pithiness · terseness · succinctness · condensation · compression · aphorisms · epigrams
aphorism
Terse general truth
telegram · tweet · flash fiction · microfiction · vignette · sketch · fragment · one-liner · quip · witticism
fleeting
Passing very quickly
passing · short-lived · transitory · evanescent · impermanent · flashes · instants · moments · interludes · glimpses
brevitieslengths
End-to-end measures
durations · extensions · expanses · stretches · eternities
brevitieslong-windedness
Tedious verbal excess
wordiness · verboseness · loquaciousness · garrulousness · diffuseness
brief, briefly, briefs, briefing, briefcase, briefed, abbreviation, abbreviate, brevity