单词 | shortish |
释义 | shortishadj. Rather short. Also in combination. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > rather, very, or too short overshorta1400 shortish1800 ultra-short1962 1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. 24 Shortish-tailed brown Baboon. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited viii. 253 He was a stout, shortish, compactly-made fellow. 1835 T. Hood Poetry, Prose, & Worse xxxvi To tenants but shortish at present, When Michaelmas comes with its day. 1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 146 Laciniæ shortish. 1882 R. D. Blackmore Christowell xxii A shortish old man with hedger's gloves on. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1800 |
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