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shortnesses

shortnesses is the plural of shortness.

Meaning of shortness

Noun

shortness (countable and uncountable, plural shortnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.
    • the shortness of a stubby pencil
  2. (countable) The result or product of being short.
  3. (uncountable) The property of being short or terse.
    • I was chastened by the shortness of her reply.

Phrases with shortnesses

Questions about shortnesses

What is shortnesses the plural of?
Shortnesses is the plural of shortness.

Words near shortnesses in the dictionary

  1. shortliver
  2. shortlivers
  3. shortly
  4. shortness
  5. shortness of breath
  6. shortnesses
  7. shortnesses of breath
  8. shortnose
  9. shortnose sucker
  10. shortnoses
  11. shortometer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shortnesses (page history and authors); shortness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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