All 6 Uses of
curt
in
Gone with the Wind
- Sometimes when her curt orders made Pork stick out his under lip and Mammy mutter: "Some folks rides mighty high dese days," she wondered where her good manners had gone.†
Chpt 3.25
- Voices rose louder on the front walk, Captain Jaffery's curt and questioning, Hugh's shrill with foolish laughter, Rhett's deep and reckless and Ashley's queer, unreal, shouting: "What the hell!†
Chpt 4.45
- From upstairs he could hear occasionally the curt tones of Dr. Meade whenever a door opened.†
Chpt 5.50
- "Hush," said Rhett curtly, not missing the shining light in Wade's eyes when he spoke of the father he had never known.†
Chpt 5.52 *
- "Sit down," he said curtly, following her into the room.†
Chpt 5.54
- Scarlett curtly refused to contribute more money to Pitty's establishment as long as India was under the same roof.†
Chpt 5.55
Definition:
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(curt) brief to the point of rudeness