brevity

Feihong W. (China)
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  1. brevity
    the attribute of being short or fleeting
  2. concise
    expressing much in few words
  3. laconic
    brief and to the point
  4. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  5. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  6. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  7. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  8. terse
    brief and to the point
  9. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
Created on Thu Aug 06 08:39:50 EDT 2009 (updated Thu Aug 06 08:50:32 EDT 2009)

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