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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