shortness
Roget category 201
2. Words relating to space› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.2. Linear dimensions
#201.
Shortness
noun
shortness
etc.
adj. —
brevity —
littleness
etc.
193 —
a span.
shortening
etc.
v. —
abbreviation,
abbreviature† —
abridgment,
concision,
retrenchment,
curtailment,
decurtation† —
reduction
etc.
(contraction)
195 —
epitome
etc.
(compendium)
596.
elision,
ellipsis —
conciseness
etc.
(in style)
572.
abridger,
epitomist†,
epitomizer†.
verb
be short
etc.
adj. —
render short
etc.
adj. —
shorten,
curtail,
abridge,
abbreviate,
take in,
reduce —
compress
etc.
(contract)
195 —
epitomize
etc.
596.
retrench,
cut short,
obtruncate† —
scrimp,
cut,
chop up,
hack,
hew —
cut down,
pare down —
clip,
dock,
lop,
prune,
shear,
shave,
mow,
reap,
crop —
snub —
truncate,
pollard,
stunt,
nip,
check the growth of —
foreshorten
(in drawing).
adjective
short,
brief,
curt —
compendious,
compact —
stubby,
scrimp —
shorn,
stubbed —
stumpy,
thickset,
pug —
chunky [U.S.],
decurtate† —
retrousse† —
stocky —
squab,
squabby† —
squat,
dumpy —
little
etc.
193 —
curtailed of its fair proportions —
short by —
oblate —
concise
etc.
572 —
summary.
adverb
shortly
etc.
adj. —
in short
etc.
(concisely)
572.
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