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Concise
CONCISE, a. [L., cut off, brief, to cut. See Class Gd. No. 2. 4. 8. 49. 59.] Brief; short, applied to language or stile; containing few words; comprehensive; comprehending much in few words, or the principal matters only.
The concise stile, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood.
Where the author is too brief and concise, amplify a little.
In Genesis, we have a concise account of the creation.
concise appears in definitions for these words:
Atticism Brachylogy Brevity Brief Briefly Briefness Close Commatism Concise Conciseness Diffuse Epigram Epigrammatic Fastness History Jesting Laconically Laconicism Loose Proportion Recapitulation Severe Shortness Succinct Succinctly Succinctness Summarily Summary Syllable
Atticism Brachylogy Brevity Brief Briefly Briefness Close Commatism Concise Conciseness Diffuse Epigram Epigrammatic Fastness History Jesting Laconically Laconicism Loose Proportion Recapitulation Severe Shortness Succinct Succinctly Succinctness Summarily Summary Syllable
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