Word Study
briefness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun briefness has 2 senses
- briefness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the temporal property of being very short; Array is a kind of shortness
- briefness(n = noun.attribute) brevity, transience - the attribute of being brief or fleeting; Array is a kind of duration, length
Derived form adjective brief1
Derived form adjective brief2
CIDE DICTIONARY
briefness, n.
The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourse or writing. [1913 Webster]
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