All 6 Uses of
abrasive
in
The Bourne Identity
- "Why wasn't the Agency informed of this tip you received seven months ago?" asked the CIA's Knowlton abrasively.†
Chpt 15 *abrasively = done directly in a disagreeable, insensitive manner
- I want to be careful, that's all," said Bourne abrasively.†
Chpt 31
- Soft fabric moving briefly across an abrasive surface.†
Chpt 8
- Broken by the abrasive voice of the Security Council's Alfred Gillette.†
Chpt 15
- For the first time during the conference, the abrasive delegate from the National Security Council seemed to hesitate.†
Chpt 15
- Quiet signals had been sent and received, not loud enough or abrasive enough to be alarms, but they were there and she had heard them.†
Chpt 18
Definitions:
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(1)
(abrasive as in: abrasive personality) direct in a disagreeable, insensitive manner
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(2)
(abrasive as in: rub with an abrasive) a rough substance that can be rubbed against something else to smooth, polish, or clean