BRIEF - 4 - 16 Letters - Crossword Clue

Answer: fleeting

Clue	Length	Answer
Brief	4 letters	tell
Definition: 1. mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" View more information about tell
Brief	4 letters	soon
Definition: 1. in the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently"; "we should have news before long" View more information about soon
Brief	4 letters	snug
Definition: 1. well and tightly constructed; "a snug house"; "a snug little sailboat" View more information about snug
Brief	4 letters	mini
Definition: 1. used of women's clothing; very short with hemline above the knee; "a mini dress"; "miniskirts" View more information about mini
Brief	4 letters	near
Definition: 1. move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" View more information about near
Brief	4 letters	weak
Definition: 1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" View more information about weak
Brief	4 letters	less
Definition: 1. (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less" View more information about less
Brief	5 letters	trace
Definition: 1. make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture" View more information about trace
Brief	5 letters	verse
Definition: 1. familiarize through thorough study or experience; "She versed herself in Roman archeology" View more information about verse
Brief	5 letters	rough
Definition: 1. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners" View more information about rough
Brief	5 letters	quick
Definition: 1. moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it" View more information about quick
Brief	5 letters	swift
Definition: 1. common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks View more information about swift
Brief	5 letters	blunt
Definition: 1. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" View more information about blunt
Brief	5 letters	quiet
Definition: 1. the absence of sound; View more information about quiet
Brief	5 letters	terse
Definition: 1. brief and to the point; effectively cut short; View more information about terse
Brief	5 letters	close
Definition: 1. confined to specific persons; View more information about close
Brief	5 letters	scant
Definition: 1. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially View more information about scant
Brief	5 letters	tally
Definition: 1. keep score, as in games View more information about tally
Brief	5 letters	remit
Definition: 1. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision View more information about remit
Brief	5 letters	prime
Definition: 1. cover with a primer; apply a primer to View more information about prime
Brief	5 letters	speak
Definition: 1. express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" View more information about speak
Brief	5 letters	tight
Definition: 1. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market" View more information about tight
Brief	5 letters	short
Definition: 1. create a short circuit in View more information about short
Brief	6 letters	survey
Definition: 1. consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" View more information about survey
Brief	6 letters	submit
Definition: 1. yield to the control of another View more information about submit
Brief	6 letters	silent
Definition: 1. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent" View more information about silent
Brief	6 letters	speedy
Definition: 1. accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial" View more information about speedy
Brief	6 letters	snippy
Definition: 1. Curt, touchy, irritable. View more information about snippy
Brief	6 letters	sketch
Definition: 1. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas" View more information about sketch
Brief	6 letters	abrupt
Definition: 1. surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply" View more information about abrupt
Brief	6 letters	narrow
Definition: 1. a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water View more information about narrow
Brief	6 letters	scanty
Definition: 1. short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) View more information about scanty
Brief	6 letters	rubric
Definition: 1. directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book) View more information about rubric
Brief	6 letters	pruned
Definition: 1. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" View more information about pruned
Brief	6 letters	precis
Definition: 1. make a summary (of) View more information about precis
Brief	6 letters	inform
Definition: 1. give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching" View more information about inform
Brief	6 letters	digest
Definition: 1. convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products" View more information about digest
Brief	6 letters	report
Definition: 1. to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" View more information about report
Brief	6 letters	record
Definition: 1. be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" View more information about record
Brief	6 letters	retain
Definition: 1. keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information" View more information about retain
Brief	6 letters	review
Definition: 1. a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment View more information about review
Brief	7 letters	rundown
Definition: 1. a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) View more information about rundown
Brief	7 letters	prepare
Definition: 1. prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" View more information about prepare
Brief	7 letters	returns
Definition: 1. make a return; "return a kickback" View more information about returns
Brief	7 letters	suggest
Definition: 1. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" View more information about suggest
Brief	7 letters	spartan
Definition: 1. practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" View more information about spartan
Brief	7 letters	propose
Definition: 1. make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" View more information about propose
Brief	7 letters	sign-on
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Brief	7 letters	sign-up
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Brief	7 letters	recruit
Definition: 1. cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" View more information about recruit
Brief	7 letters	reserve
Definition: 1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary View more information about reserve
Brief	7 letters	shorten
Definition: 1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" View more information about shorten
Brief	7 letters	take-on
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Brief	7 letters	lacking
Definition: 1. be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!" View more information about lacking
Brief	7 letters	washout
Definition: 1. someone who is unsuccessful View more information about washout
Brief	7 letters	summary
Definition: 1. briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject" View more information about summary
Brief	7 letters	limited
Definition: 1. public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops; "he caught the express to New York" View more information about limited
Brief	7 letters	concise
Definition: 1. expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation" View more information about concise
Brief	8 letters	syllabus
Definition: 1. an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university" View more information about syllabus
Brief	8 letters	yearbook
Definition: 1. a reference book that is published regularly once every year View more information about yearbook
Brief	8 letters	reserved
Definition: 1. obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's" View more information about reserved
Brief	8 letters	abstract
Definition: 1. existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'" View more information about abstract
Brief	8 letters	skeleton
Definition: 1. the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" View more information about skeleton
Brief	8 letters	wordless
Definition: 1. expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe View more information about wordless
Brief	8 letters	synopsis
Definition: 1. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory View more information about synopsis
Brief	8 letters	fleeting
Definition: 1. lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" View more information about fleeting
Brief	8 letters	synoptic
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Brief	8 letters	taciturn
Definition: 1. habitually reserved and uncommunicative View more information about taciturn
Brief	8 letters	succinct
Definition: 1. briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject" View more information about succinct
Brief	9 letters	deficient
Definition: 1. inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" View more information about deficient
Brief	9 letters	defective
Definition: 1. Faulty View more information about defective
Brief	9 letters	imperfect
Definition: 1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going View more information about imperfect
Brief	9 letters	rough-out
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Brief	9 letters	recommend
Definition: 1. make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person" View more information about recommend
Brief	9 letters	shortened
Definition: 1. with parts removed; "the drastically cut film" View more information about shortened
Brief	9 letters	prescribe
Definition: 1. issue commands or orders for View more information about prescribe
Brief	9 letters	summarize
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Brief	9 letters	transient
Definition: 1. (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load View more information about transient
Brief	9 letters	truncated
Definition: 1. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid" View more information about truncated
Brief	9 letters	statement
Definition: 1. a document showing credits and debits View more information about statement
Brief	9 letters	condensed
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Brief	10 letters	inadequate
Definition: 1. lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task" View more information about inadequate
Brief	10 letters	incomplete
Definition: 1. not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass" View more information about incomplete
Brief	10 letters	transitory
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Brief	10 letters	speechless
Definition: 1. temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock" View more information about speechless
Brief	11 letters	untalkative
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Brief	11 letters	proceedings
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Brief	11 letters	tongue-tied
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Brief	11 letters	inextensive
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Brief	11 letters	compendious
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Brief	11 letters	sententious
Definition: 1. concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen View more information about sententious
Brief	12 letters	insufficient
Definition: 1. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" View more information about insufficient
Brief	12 letters	tight-lipped
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Brief	12 letters	to-the-point
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Brief	15 letters	incomprehensive
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Brief	16 letters	thumbnail-sketch
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