Concise

(adj)

example: Ricky, try to be a bit more consise in this paper; the assignment was for a three-page paper; your was 106.

brief and to the point

laconic

(adj)

Example: I've known lucy for ten years, but she's so laconic  that I heardly know anything about her past.

disposed to using few words

Succinct

(adj)

example: Because commerical time during the Super Bowl runs over $3 million per minute, it's good to be succinc

spoken or written in a clear and precise manner

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brusque

(adj)

example: My girlfriend tend to be brusque when she's mad; she just tells me to "talk to the hand".

rudely,abrupt

abridge

(v)

example: The dictionary was 1,400 pages long before it was abridged by the publishers to 850 pages.

to shorten a written text

brevity

(n)

example: Speeches at the Academy Awards are not known for their brevity; they often go on long past their allotted time.

shortness of time

conspire

(v)

to plan together secretly to commit an illegal act

concur

(v)

concord

(n)

congenital

(adj)

schism

(n)

incisive

(adj)