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Meanings of briefness in inglês

The attribute of being brief or fleeting.

        Sinônimos
        Examples for "brevity"
        Examples for "brevity"
        1
        The tones were gruff, and almost Indian-like in the brevity of expression.
        The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
        2
        And then with equal brevity, I outlined the case against Victoria Garrison.
        An impartial witness: a bess crawford mystery
        3
        But the attribution may be due to the brevity of the narrative.
        A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate
        4
        The record, of course, consisted in the brevity of her two-inch tail.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920
        5
        The single thing I work to attain in any gag is brevity.
        Writing for Vaudeville
        1
        The transience of students puts pressure on teachers and classes, she said.
        Radio NZ
        2
        The transience of the contents of art may be of two kinds.
        Heart of Man
        3
        He'd seen threads himself, watched their fluidity, and marveled at their transience.
        Radiant Shadows
        4
        Now that he was out of the service, he continued the transience.
        61 hours
        5
        As permanence becomes a possibility, pride in transience starts to look questionable.
        Wired
        Usage of briefness in inglês
        1
        The briefness of the lucifers was merciful or merciless, as you like.
        54-40 or Fight
        2
        But his counterplea when it came was of a disconcerting briefness and potency.
        The Collectors: Being Cases mostly under the Ninth and Tenth Com...
        3
        It was written practically during the battle, so you must excuse its apparent briefness.
        Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie / (commanding 1st Batt...
        4
        Then suddenly the reply, beautiful in its briefness, but at the same time explaining everything.
        The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
        5
        The minister performed the ceremony with that briefness which consideration for a wounded person required.
        Debts of Honor
        6
        The men holding the hatch-cover seemed perplexed, puzzled no doubt by the briefness of the ceremony.
        The Sea-Wolf
        7
        And briefness does but raise thy worth.
        Books and Habits, from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
        8
        And he made a speech which for expressive briefness surpasses anything I've ever heard, before or since:
        Then I'll Come Back to You
        9
        Terry eyed him with withering briefness.
        One Basket
        10
        This gives one a realizing sense of the frailness of a Mississippi boat and the briefness of its life.
        Life on the Mississippi
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        In treating of the second portion of the first half of the book, 'Cloud Beauty,' briefness is now indispensable.
        Art in England: Notes and Studies
        12
        I will be briefness itself.
        After Dark
        13
        The very briefness of that order should have been warning enough, but Joe found it impossible to keep to himself his disapproval.
        Then I'll Come Back to You
        14
        It was nervous, tingling work, for as surely as I sensed his intention of briefness, just as surely had he sensed mine.
        The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
        15
        Coming from the lips of her father, Steve accepted gravely, with a matching briefness that could not hide a surge of triumph.
        Then I'll Come Back to You
        16
        Be that my excuse for the briefness of this; but do not fail, my dear dear Anna, to write fully every thing that passes.
        Anna St. Ives
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        Briefness through the time