All 4 Uses of
brusque
in
Main Street
- But she saw or she imagined that the women who had gurgled at her so welcomingly when she had first come to Gopher Prairie were nodding at her brusquely.†
Chpt 7 *
- She impulsively invited the Dillons to the dramatic association meeting, and when Kennicott was brusque to them she was unusually cordial, and felt virtuous.†
Chpt 17
- He was no more brusquely familiar than a dozen other clerks of the town, but her nerves were heat-scorched.†
Chpt 24
- He circled her waist with a brusque arm.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(brusque) abrupt (sudden and quick -- without taking the time to be friendly)