All 6 Uses of
abrupt
in
Wuthering Heights
- He hung about me for a while, and having screwed up his courage, exclaimed abruptly — 'Nelly, make me decent, I'm going to be good.'†
Chpt 7 *
- And so it was: he turned abruptly, hastened into the house again, shut the door behind him; and when I went in a while after to inform them that Earnshaw had come home rabid drunk, ready to pull the whole place about our ears (his ordinary frame of mind in that condition), I saw the quarrel had merely effected a closer intimacy — had broken the outworks of youthful timidity, and enabled them to forsake the disguise of friendship, and confess themselves lovers.†
Chpt 8
- He saw the master first, and made a hasty motion that she should be silent; which she obeyed, abruptly, on discovering the reason of his intimation.†
Chpt 11
- She bent round to look at him; he would not permit it: turning abruptly, he walked to the fireplace, where he stood, silent, with his back towards us.†
Chpt 15
- The abrupt descent of Penistone Crags particularly attracted her notice; especially when the setting sun shone on it and the topmost heights, and the whole extent of landscape besides lay in shadow.†
Chpt 18
- Not because I need it, but — ' He turned abruptly to the fire, and continued, with what, for lack of a better word, I must call a smile — 'I'll tell you what I did yesterday!†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(abrupt as in: an abrupt change) sudden and unexpected
or (less commonly): characterized by sudden changes or at a steep angle