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briefness [ˈ-nɪs] N no pl

briefness

кра́ткость f

briefness

сжа́тость f

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Smoking represented pleasure, transience and the briefness of earthly life as it, quite literally, went up in smoke. en.wikipedia.org

At a time like this, we all are reminded of the briefness of life and the importance of being ready for our eternal destination. www.dailymail.co.uk

At the core of his poetry is a mourning over the briefness of time, of beauty, of life. www.truthdig.com

The briefness of this period, and the swiftness with which radiation took place, would help account for the relative scarcity of primitive amphibian fossils. en.wikipedia.org

It is overly bombastic in opinion because of its briefness. en.wikipedia.org

This owes mainly to the briefness of its existence (i.e., less than a year). en.wikipedia.org

The main flaw, however, is the briefness of the title, which has clearly been used to set up the sequel. en.wikipedia.org

Or, it has briefness as manifestation, like lightning, owing to its inability to penetrate the object. en.wikipedia.org

Some reviewers on the other hand criticised the repetitiveness and briefness. en.wikipedia.org

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