brevi-, brev- [brie-, bri-] + (Latin: short; shorten)
unabridged
Not abridged, reduced, or shortened; the complete or full version. In modern use, specifically of literary works.
If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought.
—Dennis Roth
If you would focus your words, whether spoken or written, be brief! It is with words as with sunbeams that the more they are condensed, the deeper they penetrate into the realm of people’s thinking.
—John Rayoa
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