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Feb 11, 2012
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brev•i•ty



Pronunciation: (brev'i-tē), [key]
—n.
1. shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life.
2. the quality of expressing much in few words; terseness: Brevity is the soul of wit.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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