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Definition
sudden and unexpected
- He stood up abruptly.p. 133.8
abruptly = suddenly
- Here the beach was interrupted abruptly by the square motif of the landscape; a great platform of pink granite thrust up uncompromisingly through forest and terrace and sand and lagoon to make a raised jetty four feet high.p. 12.1
- Ralph went on, abruptly.p. 82.3
- The chief saw the effect of his words and stood abruptly.p. 161.4
abruptly = suddenly
abruptly = suddenly
abruptly = suddenly
There are no more uses of "abrupt" in Lord of the Flies.
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