Short'ly

adv. In a short or brief time or manner; in few words; briefly. — Short'nesB, n. — Shorfbreathed, -bretht, a. Having short breath, or quick — respiration. com'ing, n. Act of failing or coming short; as, failure of a crop, etc.; neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty. —hand.n. A rapid method of writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for words; stenography; phonography.— -lived, -hvd, a. Not living or lasting long: being of short continuance.—sight, n. Short-sighted ne . — -sight'ed, a. Not able to see far; near-sighted; not able to look far into futurity; of limited intellect; — having little regard for the future heedle . sight'- edne , n. Inability to see things at a distance, or at the distance to which the sight ordinarily extends; myopy; defective or limited intellectual sight.— -waist'ed, a. Short from the armpits to the waist,— said of persons; short from the shoulder to the commencement of the skirt, to the part about the waist, or to the narrowest and smallest part, — said of garments. wind'ed, a. Affected with shortne of — breath. wit'ted, a. Having little wit; not wise. Shot, etc._ See under Shoot.