"Brevity" is a word in ENGLISH
Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity
of human life.
Contraction into few words; conciseness.
[Tolstoy] does not necessarily get rid of [his angry] temperament by undergoing religious conversion, and indeed it is obvious that the illusion of having been reborn may allow one's native vices to flourish more freely than ever, though perhaps in subtler forms.
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A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces his altitude and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"The man below says: "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field.""You must work in Technical Support," says the balloonist."I do," replies the man. "How did you know?""Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but completely useless."The man below says: "You must be in management.""I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?""Well", says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're still in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."
adj. /(NA-)/ short in extent or duration. Ababa ti dila na. His tongue is short. v. /-UM-/. --ant. ATIDDOG.
Read the complete definitionbá-og - Bad, foul, rotten, said of eggs, especially of those having a dead chicken inside; to spoil, become rotten …
Read the complete definitionadj. /MA-/ to be brief or short in duration, to be away or stay for a short while. /NA-/ brief, …
Read the complete definitionShort in duration.
Read the complete definitionAn instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous …
Read the complete definitionA rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a …
Read the complete definitionA specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those …
Read the complete definitionA sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
Read the complete definitionA state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a …
Read the complete definitionA point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment.
Read the complete definitionShort in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
Read the complete definitionmakig-() prefix added to bases with a prefix pakig- to indicate fu-ture, volitional active forms. Past: nakig-. Subjunctive: makig- . …
Read the complete definitionThe state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.
Read the complete definitionResembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities.
Read the complete definitionAn edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the …
Read the complete definitionNot extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
Read the complete definitionA fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.
Read the complete definitionNot prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.
Read the complete definitionTo utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, …
Read the complete definitionA violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with …
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