All 15 Uses
curt
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The Goldfinch
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- Always a clever mimic, my dad did a cruelly funny imitation of Dorothy: a sort of battery-operated hausfrau, all compressed lips and jerky movements, and an accent like Curt Jurgens in Battle of Britain.†
p. 67.2
- And then, seeming to realize he'd spoken too curtly: "Welty was Juliet's big brother.†
p. 132.8curtly = in a manner that uses few words or is abrupt and perhaps discourteous or rude
- "No, not really," I said curtly.†
p. 148.6 *
- "Yep, we're fine," said my dad curtly.†
p. 187.7
- "Your shirt," I said, with a curt nod.†
p. 236.9
- "Because it's the law," he said curtly.†
p. 330.7curtly = in a manner that uses few words or is abrupt and perhaps discourteous or rude
- "No," I said curtly.†
p. 342.1
- "I can't wait," I said curtly, taking my half of the cash and heading back to my room.†
p. 347.3
- "Well, I haven't laid eyes on him in years," I said curtly.†
p. 448.9
- A curt "not for sale" was quite often the correct starting position with strangers as well, as it not only made the kind of buyer I was looking for more eager to strike a quick bargain, in cash, but also set the stage for me to abort mid-deal if something went wrong.†
p. 454.6
- You are very young, yes," he said curtly, turning halfway when I tried to interrupt, "you are, and you are very very gifted at all the aspects of the business I don't care to deal with, and you have been so brilliant at getting us back in the black again that it has suited me very, very well to keep my head in the sand.†
p. 497.2curtly = in a manner that uses few words or is abrupt and perhaps discourteous or rude
- "It's fine," I said, more curtly than I'd meant to, when I realized they were waiting for me to say something.†
p. 507.9
- "Knocker," said Hobie curtly.†
p. 629.2
- "I feel great," I said curtly.†
p. 730.3
- Open and see," he said, with a curt nod.†
p. 735.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(curt) brief to the point of rudeness
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Curt is also used as a first name for males.