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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or character of being succinct; brevity; conciseness; terseness: as, the succinctness of a narration.

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  • noun The property of being succinct, conciseness.

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  • noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words

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