short-spoken

As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

Scalise never would have spoken to EURO had Duke been there in person.

The precision it took to craft such a cohesive, wholly compelling work over 12 years is nothing short of remarkable.

In short, fatherhood gets little attention in policy debates.

The kids had a gift for him too, a tee shirt with ‘Baseball Spoken Here’ stenciled across the front.

Of course the expression of this value is modified and characterized by the nature of the thing spoken of.

On the morning after Ramona's disappearance, words had been spoken by each which neither would ever forget.

Sometimes the stems are quite bare; on other occasions they are partly branched; in any case the branches are short.

Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.

And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.