Shortness, briefness, as the brevity of life, the brevity of a child's attention
span.
Brevity may also mean brief expression, shortness of speech, as
“Forcefulness and brevity are the most important characteristics of a good
speaker.” Synonyms of brevity in this sense include conciseness,
succinctness (suhk-SINGKT-nis), terseness, and pithiness.
Brief and brevity both come from the Latin brevis, short, the source also
of the unusual word breve (BREEV, rhymes with leave and grieve). A
breve is one of the diacritical marks or symbols used to indicate
pronunciation. It's a small curve, like a tiny smile, placed over a vowel to
indicate a short sound, as in the e in pet or the a in cat. You've probably
seen the breve many times in your dictionary without realizing what it is.
Well, now when you see it again you'll know what it's called, and you will
also know that the breve is a symbol for brevity, shortness, briefness.
王二狗Mark
Shortness, briefness, as the brevity of life, the brevity of a child's attention span. Brevity may also mean brief expression, shortness of speech, as “Forcefulness and brevity are the most important characteristics of a good speaker.” Synonyms of brevity in this sense include conciseness, succinctness (suhk-SINGKT-nis), terseness, and pithiness.
王二狗Mark
Brief and brevity both come from the Latin brevis, short, the source also of the unusual word breve (BREEV, rhymes with leave and grieve). A breve is one of the diacritical marks or symbols used to indicate pronunciation. It's a small curve, like a tiny smile, placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound, as in the e in pet or the a in cat. You've probably seen the breve many times in your dictionary without realizing what it is. Well, now when you see it again you'll know what it's called, and you will also know that the breve is a symbol for brevity, shortness, briefness.