stumpiness
Lacking in height
Stumpiness is the quality of being short and thick, like a stump.
The word applies to body types, fingers, legs, or any form that's squat rather than slender: The stumpiness of his fingers made piano playing awkward.
It carries a mildly unflattering connotation, suggesting ungainly proportions.
Crouching on bent legs
- stockyShort and solidly built
- thicksetHeavily and solidly built
- compactTightly packed together
- chunkyThick and lumpy
stubby · dumpy · heavyset · short-legged · barrel-chested · low-slung · pudgy · blocky
squat
Crouching on bent legs
chunky · stubby · dumpy · heavyset · short-legged · barrel-chested · low-slung · pudgy · blocky · squatty
sawed
Divided using teeth
snag · stubble · amputated · residual · chopped · felled · logged · truncation · hewn · cleared
knotty
Complex and difficult
weathered · rugged · gnarly · misshapen · crooked · warped · knurled · rough-hewn · clubbed · lumpy
stumpinesstallness
Vertical measurement upward
height · loftiness · lankiness · lengthiness · verticality
stumpinessslenderness
Narrow, slight quality
leanness · willowiness · svelteness · slimness · litheness