All 10 Uses

abrupt
in
Where the Crawdads Sing
(Edited)

Abruptly she caught herself and bent over, giggling.
p. 117.7

abruptly = suddenly
Abruptly, he pushed away from her and stepped back.
p. 134.9
Then, abruptly, he stopped midsong and picked up a shell slightly larger than a nickel, creamy white with bright splotches of red and purple.
p. 160.1
But this was too abrupt—picnic, then mate the Marsh Girl.
p. 161.7 *

abrupt = sudden
But they halted abruptly, said nothing, and sidestepped around her—making a wider berth than necessary.
p. 187.4

abruptly = suddenly
Then abruptly, at a line drawn across the earth, the marsh meadows ended, and dusty ground—hacked raw, fenced into squares, and furrowed into rows—spread before them.
p. 191.5
She stopped abruptly, staring at him.
p. 197.9
Finally, two of them greeted her coolly and turned abruptly away, the others following quickly like a school of minnows finning down the street.
p. 207.8
Abruptly, she sat up, looked toward the lagoon, and saw Chase pulling his boat onto the shore.
p. 209.1
Jerking the stick, she turned abruptly back toward the sea.
p. 253.9

Definitions:

(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)