All 5 Uses of
curt
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- "Poetry is rubbish!" said Smerdyakov curtly.†
Chpt 5 *curtly = in a manner that uses few words or is abrupt and perhaps discourteous or rude
- He told it dryly and curtly.†
Chpt 9
- Both times Krassotkin met him with a curt, impatient refusal, sending Alyosha a message not to bother him any more, that if he came himself, he, Krassotkin, would not go to Ilusha at all.†
Chpt 10
- "I know you are in a hurry to get to the prison," Lise said curtly, "and mamma's kept you there for hours; she's just been telling you about me and Yulia."†
Chpt 11curtly = in a manner that uses few words or is abrupt and perhaps discourteous or rude
- Apropos of her acquaintance with Fyodor Pavlovitch, she remarked curtly, "That's all nonsense, and was it my fault that he would pester me?"†
Chpt 12
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.