0 the quality of being small in length, distance, or height:
Apart from her shortness she was hardly distinguishable from the others.
1 (of time) the quality of being not very long or less than average or usual:
2 the fact that there is not much of or not enough of something:
There was no shortness of money.
3 the quality of saying little but showing slight anger or lack of patience in the few words that you say:
His shortness with people gave a bad impression.
4 the feeling of being unable to breathe easily, especially because you are ill:
He keeps his blond hair cropped almost to military shortness.
It is not until you are standing at the end of the runway that its true shortness can be fully appreciated.
He is dressed in a brown tweed suit and his shortness is striking.
With the shortness of the time available, it has been impossible to have a productive exchange of views.
The novel opens with a death, in a way that brings home the shortness of life.
She was notorious for the number and shortness of her marriages.
My only criticism of the album is its shortness as it contains only nine songs and clocks in at less than forty minutes.
The only downside is the shortness of the book- at only 112 pages this will make for a fast read, but certainly an enjoyable one.
