Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shortness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shortness \Short"ness\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shortness
n 1: the property of being of short spatial extent [ant: {longness}]
2: the property of being truncated or short [syn: {truncation}]
3: the property of being of short temporal extent [ant: {longness}]
4: the property of being shorter than average stature [ant: {tallness}]
5: an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: {abruptness}, {brusqueness},
{curtness}, {gruffness}]
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