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  1. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Shortest in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Shortest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Shortest in a Sentence

  1. Socrates:

    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.

  2. Rod Mitchell:

    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.

  3. Author Unknown:

    There are many roads to hate, but envy is the shortest of them all.

  4. English Proverb:

    The shortest answer is doing.

  5. Chuck Specht:

    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.

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