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shortestadjective
; Least in stature, length or height.
The two word poem Fleas is arguably the shortest poem in the English language. How could a poem have fewer words?
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shortest in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shortest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of shortest in a Sentence
The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them.
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet or they remain sterile abstractions. The hands and feet we need are efficient means and methods to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and at the lowest possible cost.
I've been in a lot of snowstorms, and this is by far the worst. There's been more snow in the shortest period of time I've ever seen.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:
As long as we think that there is an imminent (terrorist) threat, we need the state of emergency, i hope the state of emergency will have the shortest duration possible but at the same time that it will be in place long enough to ensure the French people are protected.
We would advise that pregnant women should follow current guidance that the painkiller be taken at the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible time.
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