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Meanings of curtness in English
Catalan
brusquedat Spanish
sequedad Synonyms
Examples for "abruptness"
Examples for "abruptness"
1
The query came with such grave abruptness that Heald hesitated in reply.
2
He smiled at the abruptness with which the President of the C.L.S.
3
The rector was almost taken aback by the abruptness of the request.
4
The general instantly regretted that he had spoken with such cruel abruptness.
5
The weather had changed with the usual abruptness of our capricious climate.
1
One thing particularly conspicuous in this crowd was the shortness of stature.
2
The shortness of the prayers impresses me as something novel and interesting.
3
The upper lip was of a Grecian shortness and the corners descending.
4
That allusion to the shortness of the time brought Ruth an inspiration.
5
The shortness of the day excuses no man from greatness of endeavour.
1
A new prosecutor, Jett was cloaking a case of nerves with brusqueness.
2
To natural brusqueness is added an evident disinclination to discuss the business.
3
She thought she understood both the change of decision and the brusqueness.
4
He's a can-do character whose brusqueness can blind people to his cleverness.
5
The Scarecrow interrupted with a brusqueness that might have been meant kindly.
1
His gruffness and brevity disturbed me more than I cared to confess.
2
To prove this he wilfully exaggerated his gruffness and curtness of manner.
3
So tell me again, I said, attempting to simulate Dad's gruffness.
4
He began to show a gruffness that she'd never seen in Sir Borenson.
5
The almost passionate tenderness and humanity which lay beneath his gruffness was undimmed.
Usage of curtness in English
1
The very curtness and coldness of the announcement testified to its exactitude.
2
The brevity of its contents vied with the curtness of its bearer.
3
Amanda Lofland's curtness was in keeping with the anger emanating from her.
4
Even the servant spoke with a curtness that could not be mistaken.
5
To prove this he wilfully exaggerated his gruffness and curtness of manner.
6
Now there is something contradictory about this man and his curtness invites.
7
But that does not mend your foot, she said, with unusual curtness.
8
Both men curtly acknowledged Barrington's greeting, hardly conscious of the curtness maybe.
9
His curtness and accusato- ry sound put both Higgins and Doug off.
10
At the cruel curtness of those words, Gyp gave the tiniest start forward.
11
His voice lost its curtness as he turned to the girl.
12
The extreme curtness he cultivated often leads him into something bordering on obscurity.
13
He snapped, curled his lip, a husky curtness in the voice.
14
There was more than mere business curtness in the denial.
15
The curtness of the answer might have displeased another woman.
16
But of course the curtness must not be too angry.
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