Both Uses of
abrupt
in
The Phantom Tollbooth
- As the car rushed along, the trees grew thicker and taller and leafier until, just as they'd hidden the sky completely, the forest abruptly ended and the road bent itself around a broad promontory.†
p. 102.3abruptly = suddenly and unexpectedly
- He stopped abruptly —at the door of his room, for, where the tollbooth had been just the night before, there was now nothing at all.†
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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