Conciseness

/kənˈsaɪsnəs/ noun

Definition

The quality of being concise; the ability to express something important in few words without unnecessary detail.

Etymology

From 'concise' (from Latin 'concisus') plus the suffix '-ness' to form an abstract noun describing the quality or state of being concise.

Kelly Says

Great writers prize 'conciseness' as a virtue—Twitter's character limit is essentially forcing modern conciseness in a way that would have amazed Hemingway, who famously practiced saying the most with the fewest words.

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