All 3 Uses of
abrupt
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- As abruptly as they had conceived of this game, my cousins announced that the game was over.†
p. 61.9abruptly = suddenly and unexpectedly
- Owen threw up his hands so abruptly that the women were startled and moved away from him.†
p. 199.8 *
- " 'Be not afraid,' " Harold Crosby repeated; Barb Wiggin, a tad eager at the controls of the angel-lowering apparatus, dropped him suddenly—it was about a ten-foot free fall, before she abruptly halted his descent; his head was jerked and snapped all around, with his mouth open, and he swung back and forth above the frightened shepherds, like a giant gull toying with the wind.†
p. 220.7
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