clipped

adjectives

cut or trimmed by clipping
"a handsome man with a clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a clipped poodle"
is similar to
made neat and tidy by trimming
"his neatly trimmed hair"
(of speech) having quick short sounds
"a clipped upper-class accent"
is similar to
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
"a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"