All 8 Uses of
abrupt
in
David Copperfield
- Mr. Chillip was so alarmed by her abruptness — as he told my mother afterwards — that it was a mercy he didn't lose his presence of mind.†
Chpt 1-3
- She was a little confused when Mr. Barkis made this abrupt announcement of their union, and could not hug me enough in token of her unimpaired affection; but she soon became herself again, and said she was very glad it was over.†
Chpt 10-12
- At first I was startled by so abrupt a departure, and almost feared I had displeased her; but when I looked into the street, and saw how dejectedly she got into the chaise, and drove away without looking up, I understood her better and did not do her that injustice.†
Chpt 13-15
- My aunt had written her one of the odd, abrupt notes — very little longer than a Bank note — to which her epistolary efforts were usually limited.†
Chpt 34-36
- Her face might have been a dead-wall on the occasion in question, for any light it threw upon her thoughts; until she broke silence with her usual abruptness.†
Chpt 34-36
- 'Lord bless you, sir!' exclaimed my aunt, in her abrupt way.†
Chpt 49-51
- The look of penetration with which Mrs. Micawber announced this discovery, as if no one had ever thought of it before, seemed rather to astonish my aunt; who abruptly replied, 'Well, ma'am, upon the whole, I shouldn't wonder if you were right!'†
Chpt 52-54 *
- 'No!' said my aunt, in her short abrupt way.†
Chpt 58-60
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