All 16 Uses of
abrupt
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- "Fever," he answered abruptly.†
Chpt 1.7abruptly = suddenly and unexpectedly
- Abruptly, without any thought at all, he went out, closing the door as thoroughly as he could, and went downstairs.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- "Good-bye," he said abruptly, and walked to the door.†
Chpt 2.2
- Come, that's enough," Razumihin concluded, and he turned abruptly to Zossimov to continue their previous conversation.†
Chpt 2.5
- He turned abruptly to the wall; Nastasya went out.†
Chpt 2.5
- She broke off abruptly on a sentimental high note, shouted sharply to the organ grinder "Come on," and both moved on to the next shop.†
Chpt 2.6
- "Take him straight to the police station," the man in the long coat jerked in abruptly.†
Chpt 2.6
- "I only meant to say that I beg your forgiveness, mother," he concluded, shortly and abruptly.†
Chpt 3.3
- "But they all write like that, you know," Razumihin observed, abruptly.†
Chpt 3.3
- "Of course, you were," he added abruptly and the expression of his face and the sound of his voice changed again suddenly.†
Chpt 4.4
- "Yes," Sonia whispered abruptly, again overcome with confusion and looking down.†
Chpt 4.4
- "That is all about the raising of Lazarus," she whispered severely and abruptly, and turning away she stood motionless, not daring to raise her eyes to him.†
Chpt 4.4
- Raskolnikov got up from the sofa, abruptly checking his hysterical laughter.†
Chpt 4.5
- She turned abruptly and went towards the door.†
Chpt 5.5
- At the corner he too turned and for the last time their eyes met; but noticing that she was looking at him, he motioned her away with impatience and even vexation, and turned the corner abruptly.†
Chpt 6.7
- He struck me, for instance, at first, as rather abrupt, but that may well come from his being an outspoken man, and that is no doubt how it is.†
Chpt 1.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(abrupt as in: an abrupt change) sudden and unexpected
or (less commonly): characterized by sudden changes or at a steep angle -
(2)
(abrupt as in: she is abrupt) rude or unfriendly because of using too few words or moving too quickly