Both Uses of
curt
in
David Copperfield
- In acknowledgement of this question, addressed to him with extraordinary curtness, Mr. Heep, uncomfortably clutching the blue bag he carried, replied that he was pretty well, he thanked my aunt, and hoped she was the same.†
Chpt 34-36 *
- 'I don't know that it is,' said my aunt curtly.†
Chpt 58-60
Definition:
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(curt) brief to the point of rudeness