- 1the quality of using few words when speaking or writing synonym conciseness The report is a masterpiece of brevity. Charles Dickens was not known for his brevity. For the sake of brevity, I'd like to make just two points.
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- 2the fact of lasting a short time the brevity of human life see brief
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