Shortness synonyms

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brevity
(Uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.
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briefness
The characteristic of being brief.
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conciseness
The property of being concise, succinctness.
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abruptness
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
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brusqueness
The state or quality of being brusque.
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curtness
The state of being curt
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gruffness
The characteristic or quality of being gruff
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truncation
The act of truncating or shortening (in all senses)
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longness (antonym)
(Rare) length, lengthiness
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tallness (antonym)
The quality or characteristic of being tall.
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smallness (related)
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heaviness (related)
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coldness (related)
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Find another word for shortness. In this page you can discover 13 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for shortness, like: brevity, briefness, conciseness, abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, truncation, longness, tallness and smallness.
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Shortness Sentence Examples

  • Another striking feature is shortness of legs relatively to length of trunk.

  • In Europe the same physical traitsrelative length of head and shortness of legsdistinguish the central race (Alpine) from the Teutonic, and seem to indicate an affinity between the former and the Mongols.

  • Trouble, however, soon arose over Zacynthus, and the Spartans not only sent help to the Zacynthian oligarchs but even besieged Corcyra (373) Timotheus was sent to relieve the island, but shortness of money compelled him to search for new allies, and he spent the summer of 373 in persuading Jason of Pherae (if he had not already joined), and certain towns in Thrace, the Chersonese, the Propontis and the Aegean to enrol themselves.

  • The lines of the trunk series are double but for the sake of shortness the least refrangible component is here omitted.

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