short-sleeved

adjective

Having sleeves that are not long enough to reach the elbows.

Opposite
long-sleeved
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Meanings

adjectiveshort-sleeved (not comparable)

alternative shortsleeved · alternative short-sleeve

  1. not comparableHaving sleeves that are not long enough to reach the elbows.

    That day at Yeatman, however, she wore a prim short-sleeved, knee-length blue dress and a pair of tan patent leather flats I'd never seen before.

    2021, Ed Tarkington, The Fortunate Ones, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, page 20

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
long-sleeved

Origin

From short + sleeved.

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Translations

Finnish lyhythihainen
  • lyhythihainenhaving short sleeves
German kurzärmlig, kurzärmelig
  • kurzärmlighaving short sleeves
  • kurzärmelighaving short sleeves
Swedish kortärmad
  • kortärmadhaving short sleeves
Cite this entry
APA

short-sleeved. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short-sleeved

MLA

“short-sleeved.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short-sleeved. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “short-sleeved,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short-sleeved.

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