Sort of short, short to a degree, moderately short.(adjective)
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Use "shortish" in a sentence
"Suspects described as shortish, female and between 12-16 years of age."
"Another reason to program the piece, however, is that it fits well on a program with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, a work that demands either a whole evening to itself or something strong but shortish as a counterbalance."
"Again, I think this is a good story and I like my characters though I already cut the extraneous ones as too many for a shortish story."