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succinctness|səkˈsɪŋktnɪs|
[-ness.]
1. The quality or condition of being succinct; conciseness.
1609Heywood Brit. Troy To Rdrs., I haue taskt my selfe to such succinctnesse and breuity, that [etc.] 1644Digby Nat. Soul Pref. 352 To serue for conueniency and succinctenesse of discourse. a1716South Serm. Eccl. v. 2 (1727) II. 128 Brevity and Succinctness of Speech, is that, which in Philosophy or Speculation we call Maxim, and First Principle. 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. v. 279 John Hamilton.. states with much succinctness..a favorite charge of that day against Knox. 1884Athenæum 11 Oct. 459/3 A critic is always loth to quarrel with succinctness.
2. The condition of being close-fitting or without fullness.
1818Blackw. Mag. III. 277 Grave academics..started forth in the unwonted and unnatural succinctness of the sagum. 1891Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. 261 He wore the dress of a jockey of the green faction, and its succinctness revealed his thin legs and protuberant person. |