10
abruptness(noun, shortness, conciseness)
10
brusqueness(noun, shortness, abruptness, conciseness)
10
shortness(noun, abruptness, conciseness, brevity, briefness)
8
brevity(noun, shortness, conciseness, briefness)
8
briefness(noun, shortness, abruptness, conciseness, brevity)
8
gruffness
6
conciseness(noun, shortness, abruptness, conciseness, brevity)
6
succinctness(noun, shortness, abruptness, conciseness, taciturnity)
6
terseness(noun, shortness, abruptness, conciseness, brevity)
5
bluntness(noun, conciseness)
5
taciturnity(noun, taciturnity)
4
compactness(noun, conciseness)
4
muteness(noun, taciturnity)
3
concision(shortness, abruptness, brevity, briefness, transience)
3
crustiness
3
economy(shortness, abruptness, brevity, briefness, transience)
3
pauciloquy
2
costiveness
2
crispness(shortness, abruptness, brevity, briefness, transience)
2
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