brevity
BREV-ih-teenounMeaning shortness, especially in speech or writing
Memory hook BREV = BRIEF: THEODORE becomes THEO. Nobody calls little Theodore by his whole name; he is just Theo. Brev- means brief, and brevity is the art of keeping it short.
The brevity of the speech delighted the hungry dinner guests.
In context Teachers praised her essay for its brevity: where others wrote ten pages, she made the same points clearly in three.
Similar shortness, conciseness, briefness, terseness
Opposite wordiness, length, verbosity
From Latin brevitas, from brevis, “short,” the same root as brief and abbreviate.