All 17 Uses

curt
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The Host
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I hear good things about you from Curt.†
Chpt 5
Curt is wonderful, thank you.†
Chpt 5
I'm indebted to Curt for requesting me.†
Chpt 5
Curt plots ways to keep you busy so you have no time to consider moving.†
Chpt 5
I would have liked to know about Curt's choice as well, but it was such a personal question.†
Chpt 5
It would have been wrong to ask anyone besides Curt for the answer, even his partner.†
Chpt 5
Curt and I had to pretend to be our hosts for several years.†
Chpt 5
And Curt...You chose to stay with your host's spouse?†
Chpt 5
Yes, I chose Curt—and he chose me.†
Chpt 5
As the university's president, Curt had many contacts, you see.†
Chpt 5
All very good reasons why Curt and I might have formed an attachment and decided to stay together when secrecy was no longer necessary.†
Chpt 5
My host loved Curt's host, and that love did not die when the ownership of the minds changed.†
Chpt 5
Curt will be wondering where you are.†
Chpt 6
I was sure it must be Curt on the phone, having just received the only slightly more detailed e-mail I'd sent him late last night.†
Chpt 8
"I am," he answered curtly.†
Chpt 18 *

curtly = in a manner that uses few words or is abrupt and perhaps discourteous or rude
"Fine," Jeb said curtly, stowing his gun.†
Chpt 20
My answer was curt.†
Chpt 25

Definitions:

(1) (curt)
brief to the point of rudeness
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Curt is also used as a first name for males.