SHORTNESS


Meaning of SHORTNESS in English

noun

( -es )

Etymology: Middle English shortnesse, from short + -nesse -ness

1. : the quality or state of being short in length, distance, or duration : brevity

the shortness of his fingers

the shortness of the trip

the shortness of the days in winter

2.

a. obsolete : conciseness

your plainness and your shortness please me well — Shakespeare

b. : abruptness , curtness

our anger changed to glumness and shortness with each other — A.R.Matthews

3. : defectiveness of range or vision

the shortness of his sight

4. of metals : brittleness

5. : deficiency , scantiness

the shortness of provisions

hampered by a shortness of money

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.