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Conciseness

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con·cise  (kn-ss)
adj.
Expressing much in few words; clear and succinct.
[Latin concsus, past participle of concdere, to cut up : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + caedere, to cut; see ka-id- in Indo-European roots.]
con·cisely adv.
con·ciseness n.
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Noun1.conciseness - terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
concision, pithiness, succinctness
terseness - a neatly short and concise expressive style
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D'Artagnan, from being himself on all great occasions extremely concise, did not draw from the general's conciseness a favorable augury of the result of his mission.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
While the two had been going along conversing in this fashion, the curate observed to Dorothea that she had shown great cleverness, as well in the story itself as in its conciseness, and the resemblance it bore to those of the books of chivalry.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
Thitherto English prose had seldom attained to thorough conciseness and order; it had generally been more or less formless or involved in sentence structure or pretentious in general manner; but the Restoration writers substantially formed the more logical and clear-cut manner which, generally speaking, has prevailed ever since.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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