Shortness: alternatives and connections

The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourse or writing.

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The act or result of curtailing or cutting off.

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Quality or condition of being scanty.

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The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

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Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.

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The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.

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The condition of being high; elevated position.

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Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

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The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can…

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The state or quality of being low.

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The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.

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The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.

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Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.

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Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

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Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

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Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.

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Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.

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The quality of bing curt.

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The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off.

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Length.

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Length.

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The quality or state of being tall; height of stature.

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The quality or state of being tall; height of stature.

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