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shortestness

shortestness noun: the quality of being shortest.

Noun

shortestness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being shortest.

Origin of shortestness

From shortest + -ness.

Questions about shortestness

What does shortestness mean?
Shortestness means the quality of being shortest.
What part of speech is shortestness?
Shortestness is a noun.

Words near shortestness in the dictionary

  1. shortest-haired
  2. shortest-haul
  3. shortest-lived
  4. shortest-run
  5. shortest-term
  6. shortestness
  7. shortfall
  8. shortfalling
  9. shortfallings
  10. shortfalls
  11. shortfetched

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