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brusque
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  • Brushing past Mariam, he said in a brusque voice, "I'm hungry."  (source)
    brusque = abrupt
  • "Yeah, yeah," I say brusquely.  (source)
    brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly -- without taking the time to be friendly)
  • "Up there where?" said Brinker brusquely.  (source)
    brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly)
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  • But he had never ever sent her off to her room so brusquely.  (source)
    brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly -- without taking the time to be friendly)
  • When the Palestinian man rang them up, he was brusque and hurried.  (source)
    brusque = abrupt
  • But he was struck, as most people were, by Okonkwo's brusqueness in dealing with less successful men.  (source)
    brusqueness = abruptness (not taking the time or trouble to be friendly)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • (brusquely) So don't just stand there!  (source)
    brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly -- without taking the time to be friendly)
  • The brusque nurse arrives.†  (source)
    brusque = abrupt
  • He came home with his manners a good deal improved; he had lost his surliness and brusqueness, and...  (source)
    brusqueness = abruptness (quickness without taking the time to be  friendly)
  • "Put her in water," he said to my mom in Spanish. "But . . ." "Put her in water," he said again, brusquely this time, then walked away wobbly and absentminded.  (source)
    brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly -- without taking the time to be friendly)
  • The local doctor was an old man, brusque and businesslike, though with kind eyes.†  (source)
    brusque = abrupt
  • There lay nothing in between; they did not say as much, but their brusqueness implied it.†  (source)
    brusqueness = abruptness (quickness without taking the time to be  friendly)
  • Aline pushed past her brusquely and went into the living room.  (source)
    brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly -- without taking the time to be friendly)
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