Hearty and Short

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Hearty adjective - Characterized by unqualified enthusiasm.

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Short and hearty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Hearty".

Nearby Words: heart, hearten, heartily, heartiness, heartland

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.

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Hearty and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hearty" instead an adjective "Short".

Subverted in the book Bodyguard of Lighting by Stan Nicholls, The medic in a group of Orcs (ironically the protagonists) who are incredibly short of supplies, serves a hearty meat stew to a warrior who has just had his leg amputated.

Source: Im A Humanitarian / Literature
It is augmented with a hearty dose of Shockwave Stomp, which staggers enemies and breaks their forcefield-helmets for a short time, making them gasp for air (acceleration is constant and stomp reaches greater proportions with longer falls).

Source: Ground Pound
A hearty disdain for elves (and gnomes, albeit for entirely different reasons) is one of the running themes in the WoW machinima Oxhorn Short Shorts, in which all elves are portrayed as stereotypical hippies.

Source: Screw You, Elves!

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