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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.
- He said it brusquely to build himself up again.Ernest Hemingway -- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- "Up there where?" said Brinker brusquely.John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
- 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
- Brushing past Mariam, he said in a brusque voice, "I'm hungry."Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Aline pushed past her brusquely and went into the living room.Cassandra Clare -- City of Glass
- (brusquely) So don't just stand there!Athol Fugard -- Master Harold...and the Boys
- 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
- "Yeah, yeah," I say brusquely.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
- When the Palestinian man rang them up, he was brusque and hurried.Alice Sebold -- Lucky
- 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
- 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
- Kemper said brusquely, "Look here now, Colonel."Michael Shaara -- The Killer Angels
- He came home with his manners a good deal improved; he had lost his surliness and brusqueness, and...Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson
- But he was struck, as most people were, by Okonkwo's brusqueness in dealing with less successful men.Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
- "Awright," he said brusquely.John Steinbeck -- Of Mice and Men
- But he had never ever sent her off to her room so brusquely.Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart
- "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 - "Those letters were all written before the fire," she says brusquely.Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Uprising
brusque = abrupt (not taking the time to be friendly)
brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)
brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly)
brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)
brusque = abrupt (sudden and quick — without taking the time to be friendly)
brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)
brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)
brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly or polite)
brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)
brusque = abrupt (sudden and quick — without taking the time to be friendly)
brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)
brusque = abrupt (sudden and quick)
brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)
brusqueness = abruptness (quickness without taking the time to be friendly)
brusqueness = abruptness (quickness without taking the time to be friendly)
brusquely = abruptly
brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)
brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly — without taking the time to be friendly)