BRIEFNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does briefness mean? 

• BRIEFNESS (noun)
  The noun BRIEFNESS has 2 senses:

1. the temporal property of being very short

2. the attribute of being brief or fleeting

  Familiarity information: BRIEFNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRIEFNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The temporal property of being very short

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("briefness" is a kind of...):

shortness (the property of being of short temporal extent)

Derivation:

brief (of short duration or distance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The attribute of being brief or fleeting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

brevity; briefness; transience

Hypernyms ("briefness" is a kind of...):

duration; length (continuance in time)

Derivation:

brief (concise and succinct)

 Context examples 

The men holding the hatch-cover seemed perplexed, puzzled no doubt by the briefness of the ceremony.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)