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TERSENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A neatly short and concise expressive style
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("terseness" is a kind 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "terseness"):
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)
laconicism; laconism (terseness of expression)
Antonym:
verboseness (an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words)
Derivation:
terse (brief and to the point; effectively cut short)
