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She is known for her brusque manner and brief meetings.brusque = abrupt (not taking the time to be friendly)
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I am trying to develop a less brusque manner.
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The plainclothesman in front of her flashed a badge, showed a search warrant, and brusquely asked Mary for permission to enter. (source)brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly -- without taking the time to be friendly)
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Brushing past Mariam, he said in a brusque voice, "I'm hungry." (source)brusque = abrupt
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"Yeah, yeah," I say brusquely. (source)brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly -- without taking the time to be friendly)
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"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)
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When the Palestinian man rang them up, he was brusque and hurried. (source)brusque = abrupt
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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.
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(brusquely) So don't just stand there! (source)brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly -- without taking the time to be friendly)
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The brusque nurse arrives.† (source)brusque = abrupt
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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)
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"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)
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The local doctor was an old man, brusque and businesslike, though with kind eyes.† (source)brusque = abrupt
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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)
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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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