Curtly
['kə:tli]
Definition
(adv.) in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; 'he told me curtly to get on with it'; 'he talked short with everyone'; 'he said shortly that he didn't like it'.
Editor: Stu--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a curt manner.
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Examples
- I don't tell amusing stories, he said curtly, and walked across to the piano. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- No, I don't know that they did,' said Mr Boffin, curtly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She would not see it, he said at last, curtly, feeling at first that this statement must do without explanation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- No, said Mary, curtly, with a little toss of her head. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I should like some tea, please, said Lydgate, curtly, still scowling and looking markedly at his legs stretched out before him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They'd say, returned my sister, curtly, pretty well. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I suppose we never quite understand why another dislikes what we like, mother, said Mary, rather curtly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Well, said he, curtly, you are nearly half an hour late. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Indignant at last with her teasing peevishness, I curtly requested her to hold her tongue. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Lydgate answered curtly, no--he had work to do--he must give up going out in the evening. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Justinian nodded curtly, and, turning on his heel, went towards the tunnel, followed by all. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I suppose so, replied the poet curtly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- No, said Will, curtly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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