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Definition of Shortish
1. Adjective. Somewhat short.
Definition of Shortish
1. Adjective. Sort of short, short to a degree, moderately short. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shortish
1. somewhat short [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shortish
Literary usage of Shortish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supplement to the English Botany of the Late Sir J. E. Smith and Mr. Sowerby by William Jackson Hooker, William Borrer, James Sowerby (1834)
"... ending in a shortish, stout, rather blunt point, or awn. Stigmas 3, almost
sessile. Fruit shorter than the scales, roundish obovate, somewhat triangular ..."
2. Manual of Botany, for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1829)
"... stipe somewhat slender, shortish yellowish, rough, with dark specks. ...
yellow: atipe shortish, glabrous, of the same colour of the pileus, red within. ..."
3. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1812)
"Leaves alternate, on shortish downy stalks, rounded at the base, thin and pliable,
... Germen on a shortish stalk, spear-shaped, rounded at the base, silky. ..."
4. An Englishh Grammar: In Three Books; Developing the New Science, Made Up of by James Brown (1849)
"Aa has a shortish sharp sound, as heard in Balaam, Canaan, Isaac. 2. Ae. 1. ...
Au has the shortish broad sound of a, as in cause, aught, caught. 2. ..."
5. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"Tail subcylindrical, with shortish fur, black; middle part with some imperfect
rings beneath, the base with a few narrow white rings. 5. Genetta pardina. ..."
6. A Manual of British Coleoptera, Or Beetles: Containing a Brief Description by James Francis Stephens (1839)
"TYRUS Tarsi with 2 claws; ant. shortish, the 3 terminal joints enlarged : max.
palpi with 2d joint elongate, terminal large, ..."
7. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1840)
"Bill shortish, as broad as long, the sides convex, the dorsal outline convex from
the ... Neck shortish. Body ovate, broad anteriorly. Wings rather long. ..."
8. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"... shortish wings, and graduated tails. They are blue-grey above, with black
rectrices, externally marked with white; and are greyish or white below. ..."
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