| brevity definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | shortness | 248 sets |
| 2 | briefness | 192 sets |
| 3 | conciseness; shortness of duration | 56 sets |
| 4 | conciseness | 35 sets |
| 5 | being brief | 29 sets |
| 6 | the quality or state of being brief in duration | 27 sets |
| 7 | briefness or conciseness in speech or writing | 26 sets |
| 8 | the attribute of being brief or fleeting | 25 sets |
| 9 | briefness; short duration | 24 sets |
| 10 | shortness of duration | 24 sets |
| 11 | shortness, conciseness | 21 sets |
| 12 | shortness of time or duration; briefness | 21 sets |
| 13 | (n.) shortness | 19 sets |
| 14 | (n) shortness | 17 sets |
| 15 | brief | 16 sets |
| 16 | n. shortness of duration. | 16 sets |
| 17 | shortness of time or duration | 16 sets |
| 18 | conciseness, terseness, pithiness | 14 sets |
| 19 | shortness of duration. | 13 sets |
| 20 | quality of succinct expression | 13 sets |
| 21 | n. briefness | 12 sets |
| 22 | briefness of duration | 11 sets |
| 23 | briefness; conciseness | 11 sets |
| 24 | n. conciseness | 11 sets |
| 25 | briefness of duration; shortness; the quality of being concise or to the point | 9 sets |
| 26 | the use of brief expressions | 9 sets |
| 27 | quality of being brief; shortness in time | 8 sets |
| 28 | breifness | 8 sets |
| 29 | shortness, briefness | 8 sets |
| 30 | conciseness of expression; shortness of duration | 8 sets |
| 31 | n. shortness | 7 sets |
| 32 | briefness in speech or writing | 7 sets |
| 33 | not long | 6 sets |
| 34 | the quality of being brief | 6 sets |
| 35 | briefness of duration; concise expression | 5 sets |
| 36 | shortness or conciseness of expression | 5 sets |
| 37 | briefness; shortness of duration | 5 sets |
| 38 | n. conciseness of expression; shortness of duration | 5 sets |
| 39 | shortness of time | 5 sets |
| 40 | n. briefness or conciseness in speech or writing | 5 sets |