All 8 Uses of
abrupt
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- He turned abruptly his grey searching eyes from the sea to Stephen's face.†
Chpt 1
- The young man raised his cap abruptly: the young woman abruptly bent and with slow care detached from her light skirt a clinging twig.†
Chpt 10
- The young man raised his cap abruptly: the young woman abruptly bent and with slow care detached from her light skirt a clinging twig.†
Chpt 10
- —Goodnight, M'Coy said abruptly.†
Chpt 10 *
- Plumped, stopped abrupt.†
Chpt 11
- STEPHEN: (Abruptly) What went forth to the ends of the world to traverse not itself, God, the sun, Shakespeare, a commercial traveller, having itself traversed in reality itself becomes that self.†
Chpt 15
- (She peers at his hands abruptly) I won't tell you what's not good for you.†
Chpt 15
- On the South Circular road in the company of Elsa Potter, followed by an individual of sinister aspect, she went half way down Stamer street and turned abruptly back (reason of change not stated).†
Chpt 17
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