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diff --git a/gitlint-core/gitlint/display.py b/gitlint-core/gitlint/display.py
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+from sys import stderr, stdout
+
+
+class Display:
+    """Utility class to print stuff to an output stream (stdout by default) based on the config's verbosity"""
+
+    def __init__(self, lint_config):
+        self.config = lint_config
+
+    def _output(self, message, verbosity, exact, stream):
+        """Output a message if the config's verbosity is >= to the given verbosity. If exact == True, the message
+        will only be outputted if the given verbosity exactly matches the config's verbosity."""
+        if exact:
+            if self.config.verbosity == verbosity:
+                stream.write(message + "\n")
+        else:
+            if self.config.verbosity >= verbosity:
+                stream.write(message + "\n")
+
+    def v(self, message, exact=False):
+        self._output(message, 1, exact, stdout)
+
+    def vv(self, message, exact=False):
+        self._output(message, 2, exact, stdout)
+
+    def vvv(self, message, exact=False):
+        self._output(message, 3, exact, stdout)
+
+    def e(self, message, exact=False):
+        self._output(message, 1, exact, stderr)
+
+    def ee(self, message, exact=False):
+        self._output(message, 2, exact, stderr)
+
+    def eee(self, message, exact=False):
+        self._output(message, 3, exact, stderr)