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brusque

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Definition

abrupt (sudden and quick — without taking the time to be friendly)

She is known for her brusque manner and brief meetings.

brusque = abrupt (not taking the time to be friendly)

I am trying to develop a less brusque manner.

brusque = abrupt (not taking the time to be friendly)

But he was struck, as most people were, by Okonkwo's brusqueness in dealing with less successful men.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart

brusqueness = abruptness (not taking the time or trouble to be friendly)

(Editor's note: 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.)

He said it brusquely to build himself up again.
Ernest Hemingway -- For Whom the Bell Tolls

brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)

"Up there where?" said Brinker brusquely.
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly)

The plainclothesman in front of her flashed a badge, showed a search warrant, and brusquely asked Mary for permission to enter.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore

brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)

Brushing past Mariam, he said in a brusque voice, "I'm hungry."
Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns

brusque = abrupt

Aline pushed past her brusquely and went into the living room.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Glass

brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)

(brusquely) So don't just stand there!
Athol Fugard -- Master Harold...and the Boys

brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)

Once we were in the bathroom she brusquely handed me a dress that had been hanging from one of the partitions and kinda pushed me into the stall.
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Marked

brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly or polite)

"Yeah, yeah," I say brusquely.
Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire

brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)

When the Palestinian man rang them up, he was brusque and hurried.
Alice Sebold -- Lucky

brusque = abrupt

She saw how Romero avoided every brusque movement and saved his bulls for the last when he wanted them, not winded and discomposed but smoothly worn down.
Ernest Hemingway -- The Sun Also Rises

brusque = abrupt (sudden and quick)

Dr. Annstrong stood up. He said brusquely: "No, a man doesn't die of a mere choking fit. Marston's death wasn't what we call a natural death."
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)

Kemper said brusquely, "Look here now, Colonel."
Michael Shaara -- The Killer Angels

brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)

He came home with his manners a good deal improved; he had lost his surliness and brusqueness, and...
Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson

brusqueness = abruptness (quickness without taking the time to be friendly)

(Editor's note: 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.)

But he had never ever sent her off to her room so brusquely.
Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart

brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)

"Awright," he said brusquely. "Gi'me that mouse! ... I ain't takin' it away jus' for meanness. That mouse ain't fresh, Lennie; and besides, you've broke it pettin' it."
John Steinbeck -- Of Mice and Men

brusquely = abruptly

"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.

[When Mr. Hernandez saw that Magda's fever was worse.]
Victor Martinez -- Parrot in the Oven

brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)

"Those letters were all written before the fire," she says brusquely.
Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Uprising

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