Best Alternative Words for SHORTNESS
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brevity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the use of brief expressions • the attribute of being brief or fleeting | ||||||||
briefness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the temporal property of being very short • the attribute of being brief or fleeting | ||||||||
conciseness | nounn | |||||||
noun • terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | ||||||||
pithiness | nounn | |||||||
noun • terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | ||||||||
succinctness | nounn | |||||||
noun • terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | ||||||||
terseness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a neatly short and concise expressive style | ||||||||
abruptness | nounn | |||||||
noun • an abrupt discourteous manner • the property possessed by a slope that is very steep • the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | ||||||||
brusqueness | nounn | |||||||
noun • an abrupt discourteous manner | ||||||||
curtness | nounn | |||||||
noun • an abrupt discourteous manner | ||||||||
gruffness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a throaty harshness • an abrupt discourteous manner | ||||||||
truncation | nounn | |||||||
noun • the property of being truncated or short • the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces) • the act of cutting short |