All 21 Uses of
abrupt
in
Washington Black
- He looked as though he might say more, but then he fell silent and, turning abruptly, gestured to the overseer at the barrow.†
p. 11.5abruptly = suddenly and unexpectedly
- Abruptly, Gaius gave me a terse, almost invisible nod with his chin.†
p. 56.3
- Titch's eyes narrowed, and he fell abruptly silent.†
p. 61.5
- He turned abruptly, his bright eyes seeking me out.†
p. 86.7
- Abruptly, he rose, wrenching a tense hand through his dark hair.†
p. 111.4
- Then, very abruptly, he cleared his throat, and began to speak of our adventures.†
p. 158.7
- He stood abruptly from his seat and crossed the small room, returning with a dog-eared ivory envelope on which his name had been penned in a fine hand.†
p. 159.8
- "We are seeking the wreck of a whaler," Mister Ibel said abruptly, taking his friend's silence for agreement.†
p. 171.8 *
- I ran over the snow, slipping, and slid to a stop abruptly at the entrance.†
p. 181.8
- Abruptly I was awoken, and Titch and I were given heavy furs for sleeping and a small dish with a seal-fat candle for light.†
p. 184.9
- I could see now a strange sheen on his hardened eyes, like a second darkness, so that I stopped abruptly, as though I had reached a rocky precipice.†
p. 254.7
- I wanted to know why my loyalty had moved him so little that he'd abruptly abandoned me.†
p. 299.5
- "Who?" said Goff suddenly, abruptly.†
p. 299.9
- "I have something for you," Peter said, standing abruptly.†
p. 345.9
- Abruptly, night fell.†
p. 359.0
- "You said you dreamed me," I said abruptly.†
p. 365.6
- I would finger the pages, and out would come an abrupt, medicinal smell, like a package from an apothecary's.†
p. 46.9
- Peering over the great rambling township of Habana, I thought of Mister Philip's abrupt death and the unknown scenes that must have followed.†
p. 136.1
- His gestures became abrupt.†
p. 206.8
- But he was also truly cold and abrupt with her, and in these moments I disliked him violently.†
p. 241.2
- The old man admired Tanna desperately, and in her presence he became abashed, abrupt.†
p. 325.1
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