Shortness
Nouns
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shortness etc. adj.
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brevity
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littleness etc. Littleness
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a span. shortening etc. v.
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abbreviation, abbreviature
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abridgment, concision, retrenchment, curtailment, decurtation
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reduction etc. (contraction) Contraction
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epitome etc. (compendium) Compendium. elision, ellipsis
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conciseness etc. (in style) Conciseness. abridger, epitomist, epitomizer.
Verbs
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be short etc. adj.
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render short etc. adj.
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shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce
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compress etc. (contract) Contraction
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epitomize etc. Compendium. retrench, cut short, obtruncate
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scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew
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cut down, pare down
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clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop
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snub
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truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of
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foreshorten (in drawing).
Adjectives
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short, brief, curt
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compendious, compact
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stubby, scrimp
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shorn, stubbed
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stumpy, thickset, pug
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chunky [U.S.], decurtate
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retrousse
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stocky
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squab, squabby
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squat, dumpy
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little etc. Littleness
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curtailed of its fair proportions
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short by
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oblate
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concise etc. Conciseness
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summary.
Adverbs
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shortly etc. adj.
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in short etc. (concisely) Conciseness.