Shak.
The armies came shortly in view of each other.
Clarendon.
2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more
shortly in verse than in prose.
Short"ness, n. The quality or state of being short; want of reach or
extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the
shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the
shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of
breath.
Short"sight`ed (?), a. 1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See
Myopic, and Myopia.
2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand
things deep; of limited intellect.