(a)shortprimarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration“a short life”, “a short flight”, “a short holiday”, “a short story”, “only a few short months”
(a)short, littlelow in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal“he was short and stocky”, “short in stature”, “a short smokestack”, “a little man”
(s)inadequate, poor, short, jejuneof insufficient quantity to meet a need“an inadequate income”, “a poor salary”, “money is short”, “on short rations”, “food is in short supply”, “short on experience”, “the jejune diets of the very poor”
(s)light, scant, shortless than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so“a light pound”, “a scant cup of sugar”, “regularly gives short weight”
(s)short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopiclacking foresight or scope“a short view of the problem”, “shortsighted policies”, “shortsighted critics derided the plan”, “myopic thinking”
(s)brusque, brusk, curt, shortmarked by rude or peremptory shortness“try to cultivate a less brusque manner”, “a curt reply”, “the salesgirl was very short with him”
(r)curtly, short, shortlyin a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner“he told me curtly to get on with it”, “he talked short with everyone”, “he said shortly that he didn't like it”