Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

short and sweet

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English

Syllables
short- and sweet
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Efficiently brief in duration, especially when referring to a task that becomes unpleasant when prolonged.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more short and sweet (comparative) shorter and sweeter (comparative) most short and sweet (superlative) shortest and sweetest (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

KISS

Questions

What does short and sweet mean?
Efficiently brief in duration, especially when referring to a task that becomes unpleasant when prolonged.

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