"briefness" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English breffnes",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English breffnes, brevenesse, equivalent to brief + -ness.",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "The characteristic of being brief."
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          "sense": "of short duration",
          "word": "brevity"
        },
        {
          "word": "fleetingness"
        },
        {
          "word": "transiency"
        },
        {
          "word": "transience"
        },
        {
          "word": "conciseness"
        },
        {
          "word": "terseness"
        },
        {
          "word": "succinctness"
        },
        {
          "sense": "of few words",
          "word": "brevity"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "briefness"
}

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English breffnes, brevenesse, equivalent to brief + -ness.",
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    {
      "form": "briefnesses",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "sense": "of short duration",
      "word": "brevity"
    },
    {
      "word": "fleetingness"
    },
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      "word": "transiency"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "of few words",
      "word": "brevity"
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    {
      "word": "conciseness"
    },
    {
      "word": "terseness"
    },
    {
      "word": "succinctness"
    }
  ],
  "word": "briefness"
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