All 3 Uses of
curt
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- Howland the grocer was curt.†
Chpt 7
- Then, for three years which passed like one curt paragraph, she ceased to find anything interesting save the Bjornstams and her baby.†
Chpt 18
- This she absorbed while she was saying curtly, "Can I get these pressed, please?"†
Chpt 28 *curtly = in a manner that uses few words or is abrupt and perhaps discourteous or rude
Definitions:
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(1)
(curt) brief to the point of rudeness
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Curt is also used as a first name for males.