Both Uses
abrupt
in
Like Water for Chocolate
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- Afterward, Tita opened the door just an inch, so the room would cool down a little bit and Mama Elena's body wouldn't suffer from an abrupt change of temperature.†
Chpt 5
- Now she finally understood the meaning of the expression "fresh as a head of lettuce"—that's the odd, detached way a lettuce should feel at being separated abruptly from another lettuce with which it had grown up.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(abrupt as in: an abrupt change) sudden and unexpected
or (less commonly): characterized by sudden changes or at a steep angle -
(2)
(abrupt as in: she is abrupt) rude or unfriendly because of using too few words or moving too quickly
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)