All 11 Uses
brusque
in
Call It Sleep
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- His brusque glance stabbed and withdrew.†
Book Prol.brusque = abrupt
- His head jerked brusquely toward the child.†
Book Prol. *brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly -- without taking the time to be friendly)
- For once that brusque, cold manner of his had thawed a little.†
Book 1brusque = abrupt
- It was only when David's mother began to complain mildly that half her cooking was over-done and the other half cold, that he gave up waiting, and shrugging his shoulders in brusque irritation, permitted her to serve the meal.†
Book 1
- I hope you haven't prepared too much supper," he began brusquely as he whipped his tie and collar off.†
Book 1brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly -- without taking the time to be friendly)
- Aunt Bertha's tone was still sulky, the movement of her shoulders as she turned brusquely toward the window again, still offended.†
Book 2
- With his customary brusqueness, his father flung his dripping, blue milkman's cap on the washtub and began peeling off his rain-soaked mackinaw; then the vest beneath and the grey sweater.†
Book 3brusqueness = abruptness (quickness without taking the time to be friendly)
- No. It was curious to David what a subtle difference there was between his father's brusqueness as a milkman and his brusqueness as a printer.†
Book 3
- No. It was curious to David what a subtle difference there was between his father's brusqueness as a milkman and his brusqueness as a printer.†
Book 3
- His brusqueness now was infinitely less dangerous to those about him.†
Book 3
- "Come then!" he said brusquely.†
Book 3brusquely = abruptly (suddenly and quickly -- without taking the time to be friendly)
Definitions:
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(1)
(brusque) abrupt (sudden and quick -- without taking the time to be friendly)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)