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      shortness
      noun
      an abrupt discourteous manner
      the property of being shorter than average stature
      the property of being of short temporal extent
      the property of being truncated or short
      the condition of being short of something
      the property of being of short spatial extent
      Roots
      sceortshort- · Old English · short
      Words related to shortness
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