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Meanings of very brevity in English

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Usage of very brevity in English
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The very brevity of the thing's existence was sacred to me-fineforce and gossamer essence.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
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He spoke without turning his head; yet the very brevity of his speech seemed to give her strength.
The Keeper of the Door
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The narrative in Luke's gospel, in its very brevity, does yet distinctly suggest that retrospective and valedictory tone.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
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For in those feet which speakers should use at times like little daggers, the very brevity makes the feet more free.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4
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Molly Brandeis talked curtly and briefly, and her very brevity and lack of embroidering details made the story stand out with stark realism.
Fanny Herself
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Its very brevity should act as a call to the churches for more means, and more men, and more prayer, and more enterprise.
The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 12, December, 1888
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This brief remark, the very brevity of which carried a barb of sarcasm, escaped from Madeleine's lips before she had fairly intended it.
Democracy, an American novel
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He liked its very brevity and meagreness, and there seemed to him an exquisite modesty in its saying nothing from the young girl herself.
Roderick Hudson
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