Most Exemplar properties have shorthand variants for those that prefer to keep things short rather than verbose. These act exactly the same as their longer equivalents:
| Exemplar property | Shorthand varient |
| args | a |
| description | d |
| expect | e |
| expectexception | ee |
| instance | i |
| instanceout | io |
| name | n |
| stubs | s |
| verify | v |
| vstubs | vs |
| template | t |