Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being succinct; brevity; conciseness; terseness: as, the succinctness of a narration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The property of being
succinct ,conciseness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
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Examples
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Twitter limits posts to 140 characters so succinctness is the key!
2008 April « Using technology in the voluntary and community sector 2008
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Twitter limits posts to 140 characters so succinctness is the key!
Collaboration through Twitter « Using technology in the voluntary and community sector 2008
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Suffering Succotash - is this forum being reduced to who is/is not eligible for the Hemingway prize in succinctness?
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Not sure yet, but have decided to get into the swing of succinctity (I realize, but I dislike the sound of "succinctness" -- clumsy-sounding) by attempting a series of short posts.
Archive 2006-02-01 2006
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Not sure yet, but have decided to get into the swing of succinctity (I realize, but I dislike the sound of "succinctness" -- clumsy-sounding) by attempting a series of short posts.
Creeping Back 2006
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I can´t help this as I am from the Deep South in the United States and of English/Scottish parentage and we historically value the sounds of incessant gabbing over succinctness.
An Amusing Story 2009
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Tozer was mostly very good at succinctness, and if those notes are not almost too succinct then nothing is.
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Because writing in 140 characters or less will teach you succinctness, a crisp modern style, and add breadth to your artistic vision.
Top Ten Things a Writer Does to Write That They Don't Tell Anyone marshallpayne1 2009
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I can´t help this as I am from the Deep South in the United States and of English/Scottish parentage and we historically value the sounds of incessant gabbing over succinctness.
An Amusing Story 2009
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Anyway, I appreciate your fired-upedness and succinctness.
This is how they see you (image may be NSFW). - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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