The very curtness and coldness of the announcement testified to its exactitude.

The brevity of its contents vied with the curtness of its bearer.

Amanda Lofland's curtness was in keeping with the anger emanating from her.

Even the servant spoke with a curtness that could not be mistaken.

To prove this he wilfully exaggerated his gruffness and curtness of manner.

Now there is something contradictory about this man and his curtness invites.

But that does not mend your foot, she said, with unusual curtness.

Both men curtly acknowledged Barrington's greeting, hardly conscious of the curtness maybe.

His curtness and accusato- ry sound put both Higgins and Doug off.

At the cruel curtness of those words, Gyp gave the tiniest start forward.

His voice lost its curtness as he turned to the girl.

The extreme curtness he cultivated often leads him into something bordering on obscurity.

He snapped, curled his lip, a husky curtness in the voice.

There was more than mere business curtness in the denial.

The curtness of the answer might have displeased another woman.

But of course the curtness must not be too angry.