shortish

How to use shortish in a sentence

• Herbivorous; hexapod; antenniferous, with long antenn: body shortish, compressed, saltatorious.

  An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William Kirby

• Carnivorous; hexapod; antenniferous: with a shortish oblong depressed body, and distinct thoracic shield.

  An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William Kirby

• The third member of the trio was a shortish, thickset man of extraordinary vigour.

  A Girl Among the Anarchists | Isabel Meredith

• Then a shortish, square man, with a heavy moustache explained, if explanation it could be called.

  The Summons | A.E.W. Mason

• He was a thick, shortish man, with surprising muscular development and a head far too large in proportion to his body.

  A Voyage to Arcturus | David Lindsay