Both Uses of
brusque
in
The Sun Also Rises
- She saw how Romero avoided every brusque movement and saved his bulls for the last when he wanted them, not winded and discomposed but smoothly worn down.
Book 2 *brusque = abrupt (sudden and quick)
- There was no brusqueness.†
Book 2brusqueness = abruptness (quickness without taking the time to be friendly)
Definition:
abrupt (sudden and quick -- without taking the time to be friendly)