All 7 Uses of
abrupt
in
Dubliners
- Then I stood up abruptly.†
Chpt 2 *
- "I thought you were a lady," said Mr. Holohan, walking away from her abruptly.†
Chpt 13
- Mr. Power turned to Mrs. Kernan and said with abrupt joviality: "Well, Mrs. Kernan, we're going to make your man here a good holy pious and God-fearing Roman Catholic."†
Chpt 14
- When they had taken their places she said abruptly: "I have a crow to pluck with you."†
Chpt 15
- Gabriel asked himself was he the cause of her abrupt departure.†
Chpt 15
- Mary Jane brushed past the others and ran to the staircase, but before she reached it the singing stopped and the piano was closed abruptly.†
Chpt 15
- Gabriel waited again and then, fearing that diffidence was about to conquer him, he said abruptly: "By the way, Gretta!"†
Chpt 15
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