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briefness

briefness noun: the characteristic of being brief.

Noun

briefness (usually uncountable, plural briefnesses)

  1. (usually) The characteristic of being brief.

briefness meaning in Tamil and Kannada

briefness in Tamil

சுருக்கப்பாடு, சுருக்கம்

briefness in Kannada

ಸಂಕ್ಷಿಪ್ತತೆ

Synonyms of briefness

All synonyms of briefness

Forms of briefness

pluralbriefnesses

Origin of briefness

From Middle English breffnes, brevenesse, equivalent to brief + -ness.

Questions about briefness

What does briefness mean?
Briefness means the characteristic of being brief.
What is briefness in Tamil?
Briefness in Tamil is சுருக்கப்பாடு, சுருக்கம். See Briefness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is briefness?
Briefness is a noun.
What is the plural of briefness?
The plural of briefness is briefnesses.

Words near briefness in the dictionary

  1. brieflessly
  2. brieflessness
  3. briefly
  4. briefman
  5. briefmen
  6. briefness
  7. briefnesses
  8. briefs
  9. briefs against
  10. Briella
  11. Brielle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: briefness (page history and authors); briefness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); briefness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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