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Definition of Briefness
1. Noun. The temporal property of being very short.
2. Noun. The attribute of being brief or fleeting.
Generic synonyms: Duration, Length
Derivative terms: Brief, Brief, Transient
Definition of Briefness
1. n. The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourse or writing.
Definition of Briefness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being brief. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Briefness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Briefness
Literary usage of Briefness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"To have been then, O Heaven! 't had been my bliss; But bless me now, and take me
soon from this. THE briefness OF LIFE ..."
2. Goethe's Correspondence with a Child by Bettina von Arnim (1839)
"Eternity is a celestial briefness. Nothing celestial passes over, but what is
earthly passes over by the celestial. Here upon the table lie grapes in their ..."
3. Morning Communings with God; Or, Devotional Mediations for Every Day in the Year by Christoph Christian Sturm, William Johnston (1847)
"... 1 am so much nearer to the end of my life, and the beginning of my perpetual
felicity." JULY 22. Reflections on the briefness, Vanity, ..."
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