Shorter
Wayne's jazz surname
Shorter is the comparative form of short—less tall, less long, or of less duration.
A shorter person stands below average height.
A shorter route covers less distance.
A shorter meeting takes less time.
We took the shorter of the two paths.
Shorter can also mean more abrupt or curt: His replies grew shorter as his patience wore thin.
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- Georgia CollegesUniversity of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Emory, GT, Mercer
- Southwest GeorgiaAlbany, Cairo, Camilla, Dawson, Leesburg
- cut shortEnd before completion
- fall shortFail to reach standard
- short and sweetPleasantly concise
- short ofLacking sufficient quantity of
- short storyBrief prose fiction
- short hairTrimmed-close head covering
short, shortly, shortness, shorten, shortened, shortening, shortest, shortish, shorts