ABRUPTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abruptly mean? 

• ABRUPTLY (adverb)
  The adverb ABRUPTLY has 1 sense:

1. quickly and without warning

  Familiarity information: ABRUPTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABRUPTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Quickly and without warning

Synonyms:

abruptly; dead; short; suddenly

Context example:

he stopped suddenly

Pertainym:

abrupt (exceedingly sudden and unexpected)

 Context examples 

“Come along!” cried Sherlock Holmes, abruptly.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yet when I spoke to her of the matter, she answered me abruptly; and in the carriage, on our way home, she seemed absurdly agitated over this trifling cause.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"As I was saying—what was I saying?" She broke off abruptly and laughed merrily at her predicament.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He sat down abruptly on his haunches, thrusting his nose upward, the mouth opening and closing with jerking movements, each time opening wider.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He stopped abruptly, and then on his lips formed one of his strange quizzical smiles, as he added:

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has provided researchers strong evidence the moon’s volcanic activity slowed gradually instead of stopping abruptly a billion years ago.

(Evidence for Young Lunar Volcanism, NASA)

These covered a period of many years, but I observed that the entries ceased nearly a year ago and quite abruptly.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Was last seen by his fiancée, Miss Violet Westbury, whom he left abruptly in the fog about 7:30 that evening.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“No, no, Jim,” cried the smith, abruptly.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He paused abruptly and flushed to his hair, but the bowman was too busy with his own thoughts to notice his young companion's embarrassment.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)