Shortness
['ʃɔrtnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the property of being shorter than average stature.
(noun.) the property of being of short temporal extent; 'the shortness of air travel time'.
(noun.) the property of being of short spatial extent; 'the shortness of the Channel crossing'.
(noun.) the property of being truncated or short.
(noun.) the condition of being short of something; 'there was no shortness of money'; 'can cause shortness of breath'.
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Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath.
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Examples
- The shortness of the mercury column as compared with that of water makes the mercury more convenient for both experimental and practical purposes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The style of the visit, and the shortness of it, were then felt to be decisive. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Furthermore, I could see from the shortness of his legs that the brute himself was no jumper and probably no runner. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I do not, however, pretend to warrant either the greatness of the sum, or the shortness of the time. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There is no such thing as a shortness of time, though. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It helps us to realize the shortness of all human history to see so many generations spanned by the endurance of one single tree. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I wonder if you only learn them now because you are oversensitized because of the shortness of the time? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I got up at eight, a little giddy from the shortness of my night's rest, and was ready for him before the appointed time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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