brevitynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbrev.ə.ti/us/ˈbrev.ə.t̬i/using only a few words or lasting only a short time:
His essays are models of clarity and brevity.
Brevity is, in almost everything, a virtue.
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Not saying much
- a man/woman of few words idiom
- brief
- briefly
- cat
- concise
- crisp
- curt
- few
- has the cat got your tongue? idiom
- laconic
- not waste words idiom
- pithy
- quietly
- reticent
- taut
- terse
- wall
- walls have ears idiom
- waste
- well chosen
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