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briefness|ˈbriːfnɪs|
[f. brief a. + -ness.]
†1. The quality or state of being brief: shortness (of time); hence, quickness, celerity. ? Obs.
a1400Cov. Myst. 79 We passe ovyr that, breffnes of tyme consyderynge. 1539Tonstall Serm. Palm Sund. (1823) 75 For brefenes of tyme I shal omytte to reherse them. 1605Shakes. Lear ii. i. 20 Briefenesse, and Fortune worke. 1608― Per. v. ii. 15 In feather'd briefness sails are filled.
2. Shortness in speech or writing; brevity; conciseness.
1530Palsgr. 58 The brefnesse that the frenche tong useth in soundyng of theyr wordes. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke Pref. 8 For loue of briefnesse. 1569Golding Heminge's Post. 3 For breefnesse sake I omit. 1618Bolton Florus 46 To Rdr., A most exact, and studied method of briefnesse. 1811Edin. Rev. XVIII. 287 A style..characterised by a studied briefness and simplicity of diction. |