Adverb
1. abruptly
2. suddenly, dead, unawares
3. curtly
Adjective
1. shortly, short
2. abbreviated, shortened, truncated, brief, little, clipped, fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary, short-dated, short-range, short-run, short-term, telescoped, shortened, short and sweet, short
3. abbreviated, brief, close, curtal, sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened, shortish, short-range, short-snouted, telescoped, shortened, snub, stubby, truncate, truncated, short
4. chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy, half-length, pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off, squab, squabby, small, little, low, inadequate
5. poor, insufficient, deficient, short
6. short
7. tender
8. light
9. scant, insufficient, deficient, unstressed
10. unaccented, unretentive
11. forgetful, shortsighted
12. unforesightful, myopic, improvident, unforbearing
13. impatient, choleric
14. irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered, ill-natured, shortest
15. direct, brusque
Noun
1. brusk, curt, discourteous, tract
2. piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel, short circuit
3. contact, tangency, shortstop
Verb
1. position, short-change
2. victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con, short-circuit
3. make, create
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