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Her response was so curt it was almost rude.curt = brief (using few words)
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I tried asking open-ended questions, but all I could get were curt replies.curt = using as few words as possible
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"Nothing has changed," was her curt reply.curt = abrupt (using few words)
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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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He gave me a curt little shake; it felt like squeezing a sparrow. (source)
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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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He passed one of the workmen, who nodded curtly. (source)curtly = using as few words as possible
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"Do you have him?" Collet gave a curt nod and spun the laptop toward Fache. (source)curt = not using more words than necessary
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His curtness stung me. (source)curtness = seeming rude or angry because of saying something without surrounding nicetiesstandard 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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"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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He might give a curt little nod. (source)curt = quick -- possibly 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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Mother went on talking about how messy I was until I got fed up and said, rather curtly, "I wasn't even the one who said you were careless." (source)curtly = abruptly and discourteously
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