terseness

Definitions of terseness
  1. noun
    a neatly short and concise expressive style
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    antonyms:
    verboseness
    an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
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    conciseness, concision, pithiness, succinctness
    terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
    crispness
    an expressive style that is direct and to the point
    brevity
    the use of brief expressions
    breviloquence, laconicism, laconism
    terseness of expression
    type of:
    expressive style, style
    a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
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