Sample Sentences for
curt
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    "They tell you?" he asked of Mr. Morrison, his voice curt, angry. Mr. Morrison nodded. "I tried to get them to wait till after cotton picking, but they told me it was due and payable immediately."  (source)
    curt = short and to the point
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    A curt nod of the head is the only thanks Lale is prepared to give him.  (source)
    curt = using few words to the point of rudeness
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    Karim gave a curt reply in Russian, which the soldier returned with an even curter retort.  (source)
    curt = short and to the point
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    He passed one of the workmen, who nodded curtly.  (source)
    curtly = using as few words as possible
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    He might give a curt little nod.  (source)
    curt = quick -- possibly to the point of rudeness
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    His curtness stung me.  (source)
    curtness = seeming rude or angry because of saying something without surrounding niceties
    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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    And then one night he greeted the mistress of the Ichiriki Teahouse in the curtest manner I'd ever seen, by strolling past without so much as a nod.†  (source)
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    Karim gave a curt reply in Russian, which the soldier returned with an even curter retort.  (source)
    curter = shorter and to the point
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    "I don't know where he is," replied Gerald curtly.  (source)
    curtly = in a manner that uses few words or is abrupt and perhaps discourteous or rude
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    Marilla really did not know how to talk to the child, and her uncomfortable ignorance made her crisp and curt when she did not mean to be.  (source)
    curt = brief to the point of rudeness
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    Among the Japanese at Omori, Watanabe was despised for his haughtiness, his boasts about his wealth, and his curtness.†  (source)
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    Dilling nodded in his curtest manner and strode up-stairs Babbitt tramped the living-room in agony.†  (source)
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    "Professor," said Harry at once, "I swear I didn't—" "This is out of my hands, Potter," said Professor McGonagall curtly.  (source)
    curtly = abruptly and without courtesy
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