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Meanings of terseness in English
Catalan
laconisme Synonyms
Examples for "brevity"
Examples for "brevity"
1
The tones were gruff, and almost Indian-like in the brevity of expression.
2
And then with equal brevity, I outlined the case against Victoria Garrison.
3
But the attribution may be due to the brevity of the narrative.
4
The record, of course, consisted in the brevity of her two-inch tail.
5
The single thing I work to attain in any gag is brevity.
1
But conciseness is not the quality I most often detect in reviewing.
2
The tale is told, in general, with complete simplicity, sobriety, and conciseness.
3
The trade-off between time and conciseness brings both rewards and penalties.
4
The conciseness of that statement belies the enormity of the task.
5
The verdict is none the less just because of its conciseness.
1
At least two new sequences are launched with admirable concision and efficiency.
2
Set against Trump's word salads, she sounded like a model of concision.
3
Beware of dogs: beware of evil workers: beware of the concision.
4
His propensity to concision or condensation was a peculiar trait in his mind.
5
For concision, picturesqueness and concreteness, this narrative is not excelled in all literature.
Usage of terseness in English
1
Baedeker, with his customary over terseness, begins and ends the tale thus:
2
The following table illustrates the perfect simplicity and terseness of the Esperanto verb.
3
His expression is calm, but he's angry-theterseness in his voice betrays him.
4
Of the white-collar jobholders he said with his usual terseness, Hell!
5
Given their terseness, it is hard to explain further without revealing significant plot details.
6
This evidences itself most strikingly in his terseness of speech.
7
To render the splendour, the terseness, the harmony, of this magnificent hymn seems impossible.
8
Rad scowled and said nothing, and the rest of his answers were terseness itself.
9
The rest are distinguished by brevity, terseness, and scientific precision.
10
It is an extraordinary specimen of argument, terseness, and erudition.
11
The very terseness of her question seemed to jerk an unwilling answer from the guard.
12
When he spoke again, his initial terseness was gone.
13
The short sentence is the most important step toward brevity, terseness, conciseness and clear thinking.
14
And on occasion Mr. McNally could be terseness itself.
15
Metran would be doing two things, Loren had explained with a terseness alien to him.
16
His terseness has been compared to that of Tacitus.
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