"സംക്ഷിപ്തം" എന്ന വാക്കിന്റെ നിഘണ്ടു അർത്ഥം, ദൈർഘ്യത്തിൽ ഹ്രസ്വമായ, ആവിഷ്‌കാരത്തിൽ സംക്ഷിപ്തമായ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ എഴുത്തിലോ സംസാരത്തിലോ സംക്ഷിപ്തമായിരിക്കുന്നതിന്റെ ഗുണമോ അവസ്ഥയോ ആണ്. അനാവശ്യമായ വിശദാംശങ്ങളോ വിശദാംശങ്ങളോ ഇല്ലാതെ കുറച്ച് വാക്കുകളിലോ കുറഞ്ഞ സമയത്തിനുള്ളിലോ എന്തെങ്കിലും ഫലപ്രദമായി ആശയവിനിമയം നടത്താനുള്ള കഴിവിനെ ഇത് സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. മറ്റൊരു വിധത്തിൽ പറഞ്ഞാൽ, സന്ദേശത്തിന്റെ അനിവാര്യമായ അർത്ഥമോ സ്വാധീനമോ നഷ്ടപ്പെടുത്താതെ, വ്യക്തതയോടും സമ്പദ്‌വ്യവസ്ഥയോടും കൂടി എന്തെങ്കിലും പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കുന്നതാണ് സംക്ഷിപ്തത.
1. I visited many other apartments, but shall not trouble my reader with all the curiosities I observed, being studious of brevity.
2. The other was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever and this was urged as a great advantage in point of health as well as brevity.
3. Again, because it is a general complaint that the favorites of princes are troubled with short and weak memories, the same doctor proposed that whoever attended a first minister, after having told his business with the utmost brevity and in the plainest words, should at his departure give the said minister a tweak by the nose, or a kick in the belly, or tread on his corns, or lug him thrice by both ears, or run a pin into his breech, or pinch his arm black and blue, to prevent forgetfulness and at every levee day repeat the same operation, till the business were done or absolutely refused.
4. More to the point, they loved to see their young neighbours, no matter the reason or brevity of the visit.
5. As for the tribe itself, it had been content to announce to Montcalm, through his emissaries, with Indian brevity, that their hatchets were dull, and time was necessary to sharpen them.
6. The tone and brevity with which this was stated made it abundantly clear that certain individuals were not pleased.
7. Logging in, Skull saw brevity codes confirming that, in addition to the first group of family members making it safely to Buenos Aires, Argentina, Markis and his crew were now in Colombia.