When you send a telegram, brevity is essential because you will be charged for every word.
Source: tatoeba (1906)
Brevity
//ˈbɹɛvɪti//
Synonyms for "brevity" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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43 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βραχύτης noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
Bulgarian
3 entries- кракост noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- краткотрайност noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- сбитост noun (succinctness; conciseness)
Catalan
1 entries- brevetat noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
Czech
2 entries- krátkost noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- stručnost noun (succinctness; conciseness)
Finnish
4 entries- lyhytaikaisuus noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- lyhytkestoisuus noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- lyhytsanaisuus noun (succinctness; conciseness)
- ytimekkyys noun (succinctness; conciseness)
French
4 entries- brièveté noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- concision noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- concision noun (succinctness; conciseness)
- laconisme noun (succinctness; conciseness)
Galician
1 entries- brevidade noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
German
3 entries- Bündigkeit noun (succinctness; conciseness)
- Knappheit noun (succinctness; conciseness)
- Kürze noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
Greek
1 entries- βραχύτητα noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
Irish
4 entries- achomaireacht noun (succinctness; conciseness)
- coimre noun (succinctness; conciseness)
- gairide noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- giorracht noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
Italian
2 entries- brevità noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- brevità noun (succinctness; conciseness)
Latin
2 entries- brevitās noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- brevitās noun (succinctness; conciseness)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- korthet noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- stuttleik noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
Occitan
1 entries- brevitat noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
Persian
1 entries- ایجاز noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
Portuguese
1 entries- brevidade noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
Russian
3 entries- кра́ткость noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- кра́ткость noun (succinctness; conciseness)
- лакони́чность noun (succinctness; conciseness)
Spanish
2 entries- brevedad noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- concisión noun (succinctness; conciseness)
Swedish
1 entries- korthet noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
Tagalog
1 entries- kaigsian noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
Turkish
2 entries- kısalık noun (the quality of being brief in duration)
- özlülük noun (succinctness; conciseness)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сти́слість noun (succinctness; conciseness)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Source: tatoeba (20962)
As touching the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor how they are featured; for there is much to prevent our knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life.
Source: tatoeba (6203085)
In the brevity lies the power.
Source: tatoeba (7798566)
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