succinctness

2 definitions found

succinctness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Succinct \Suc*cinct"\, a. [L. succinctus, p. p. of succingere to
     gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird.
     Cf. Cincture.]
     1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
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              His habit fit for speed succinct.     --Milton.
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     2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
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              Let all your precepts be succinct and clear.
                                                    --Roscommon.
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              The shortest and most succinct model that ever
              grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind.
                                                    --South.
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     Syn: Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic;
          terse.
          [1913 Webster] -- Suc*cinct"ly, adv. --
          Suc*cinct"ness, n.
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succinctness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  succinctness
      n 1: terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by
           expressing a great deal in just a few words [syn:
           conciseness, concision, pithiness, succinctness]