: How to describe a doctor who is short? How to describe a character who is a doctor but short in height without saying he's short? The character is a doctor who's under 5 feet, and I want the reader to know this without mentioning

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Here are a few things I would say :

adjectives :
- stubby (implying he is fat, don't know if you want that)

- low (old english)

imagery :
- "he had trouble measuring me, and had to stand on a stool"
- " he look up to me to meet my eyeline as I shook his hand"
- "he stood up straight to gain a few centimetres

i'll edit this answer if other forms come to me