Curtly

Synonyms for "curtly" (43 found)

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Closest matches (9)

abruptly aphoristically bearishly bluffly bluntly boorishly brashly briefly

Adverb(1 words)

briefly

Strong matches (13)

Adverb(3 words)

bruskly brusquely concisely

brusquely cavalierly churlishly compendiously concisely crisply crustily economically gruffly harshly

Related words (21)

in brief compasslaconically nastily pithily pointedly sententiously sharply shortly snippily sparely succinctly summarily synoptically tersely

Adverb(6 words)

short shortly succinctly taciturnly testily tetchily

Noun(1 words)

speak rudely

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5 relation types

More general

1 entries

manner adverb

More specific

3 entries

briefly compactly succinctly

Collocations

6 entries

curt answercurt dismissalcurt remarkcurt replycurt statementcurt tone

Inflections

2 entries

more curtlymost curtly

Derivations

2 entries

curt curtness

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom nodded curtly.

Source: tatoeba (3730021)

She greeted me with a bright smile, and said: “Back already? Did you find it?” With a strong effort I mastered my emotion and replied curtly but civilly that the answer was in the negative. “No,” I said, “I did not find it.”

Source: wiktionary

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