All were well disciplined in terseness and time-saving. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London] Reference
Approaches will have to be found to compensate for terseness is a language while keeping it understandable. From Wordnik.com. [Reflective Surface - More on the evolution of programming languages] Reference
Your inference from terseness is faulty. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny and a Book] Reference
It's rather difficult to put a different spin on all that "terseness" out of Bill, Greg - at least for me. From Wordnik.com. [Rendell On Bill Clinton's Alleged Hard Feelings Towards Obama: "Get Over It," "Shake It Off"] Reference
We congratulate our contemporary on its terseness. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 13, 1917] Reference
I am baffled by the terseness of the above comments. From Wordnik.com. [Do you drink | clusterflock] Reference
And on occasion Mr. McNally could be terseness itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Line War] Reference
Letter V. affords a first-rate illustration of his terseness. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
They were laid down with beautiful precision and terseness by Lord. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844] Reference
Are you beginning to understand where our terseness is coming from?. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Change: It Is Not the Sun « Lean Left] Reference
When I started blogging, I worked hard at terseness, and I still do. From Wordnik.com. ["Twitter = Terse. I like terse."] Reference
The terseness of the original has not been removed in the translation. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
He was a taciturn man who was noted for the terseness of his comments. From Wordnik.com. [Horn : Green]
The terseness of the command after the gentle acknowledgment jarred Roger. From Wordnik.com. [Gentle Warrior]
This accounts for the terseness, and what basically boils down to discourtesy. From Wordnik.com. [The WritingYA Weblog: Professional Courtesy...] Reference
I'm writing this in the midst of all sorts of things, so pardon any terseness. From Wordnik.com. [Never Let Me Go] Reference
But I think the terseness of this is indicative that the situation is not changing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2005] Reference
Superb sense of economy, of terseness the art calls for, excessive pruning and clipping. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
You know, like, and also, I've gotten much tougher terseness than Bumiller got just there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 9, 2008] Reference
Roslynn stared at the closed door after he left, wondering why his terseness upset her so. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
Lord Sherbrooke, with his usual epigrammatic terseness, bids you educate your future rulers. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
It is difficult for the reader to sympathize with her because of the terseness of her words. From Wordnik.com. [Two Prostitutes: Bible.] Reference
I will not promise even to equal the elegant terseness of Mrs. Elton, by calling you Mr.K. —. From Wordnik.com. [Emma] Reference
I will really try to give Ampersand the benefit of the doubt that my terseness was all she noticed. From Wordnik.com. [The Ashley Treatment: A Feminist and Disability Rights Issue?] Reference
To be useful as an instrument of thought it should keep to the prosaic terseness of a telegraphic code. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
Neatness, terseness, objectivity, or at any rate the absence of subjectivity, characterize these poems. From Wordnik.com. [Uncollected Prose] Reference
In vigour of intellect, in terseness of expression, and in grasp of questions presented for consideration. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
I have rendered verse 81 very closely to give the reader an idea of the extreme terseness of these verses. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
In his letters, these feelings were occasionally expressed with much liveliness, terseness, and originality. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838] Reference
The second pamphlet was not the equal of the first in terseness or wit, but it had the advantage in argument. From Wordnik.com. [Inns and Taverns of Old London] Reference
Aldrin has traveled a long way — from astronaut-terseness to the self-revelation demanded of authors today. From Wordnik.com. [When the Eagle Landed] Reference
And Lycurgus by using his citizens from boyhood to silence taught them to perfection their brevity and terseness. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Malta or Sicily, a rich mellow hue prevails; the ornaments of the Tower are so clean, so distinct, such terseness. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath] Reference
During dinner, while occupied with the viands, he would express himself with the terseness and condensation of Tacitus. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell] Reference
He has more heart than most of his colleagues, and extracts of great terseness and beauty are still made from his poems. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference
This seems to result from a fine simplicity, a sprightly visualization, a quaint picturesqueness, a pleasing terseness, and an. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
At times he expresses himself with remarkable clearness and terseness; but, upon the whole, his style is very involved and prolix. From Wordnik.com. [ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus] Reference
January, the first six months, which in terseness and dramatic power will rank among the world's most important military documents. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Some idea may be given of the extreme terseness of such verses by offering a literal rendering: 'That lump of matter which is made a. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
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