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Summary :: Summary (a.) Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts..

Short :: Short (adv.) In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short..

Brief :: Brief (a.) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument..

Brief :: Brief (a.) Concise; terse; succinct.

Metaphor :: Metaphor (n.) The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea..

Trip :: Trip (n. i.) To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe..

Flash :: Flash (n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.

Ample :: Ample (a.) Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative..

Pauciloquent :: Pauciloquent (a.) Uttering few words; brief in speech.

Succinic :: Succinct (a.) Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.

Squib :: Squib (a.) A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay..

Briefness :: Briefness (n.) The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourse or writing.

Compact :: Compact (p. p. & a) Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse..

Short :: Short (superl.) Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight..

Libel :: Libel (n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc..

Transitorily :: Transitorily (adv.) In a transitory manner; with brief continuance.

Shortly :: Shortly (adv.) In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose..

Sea Brief :: Sea brief () Same as Sea letter.

Mention :: Mention (v. t.) To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name.

Proverb :: Proverb (n.) An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage..

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