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BRUSQUELY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brusquely mean?
• BRUSQUELY (adverb)
The adverb BRUSQUELY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BRUSQUELY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a blunt direct manner
Synonyms:
bluffly; bluntly; brusquely; flat out; roundly
Context example:
he was criticized roundly
Pertainym:
brusque (marked by rude or peremptory shortness)
Context examples
Cold and grey and glittering they were as he bowed brusquely and turned away.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He is, I am afraid, a very sceptical person, for when I asked him about the bells at sea and the White Lady at the abbey he said very brusquely:—I wouldn't fash masel' about them, miss. Them things be all wore out.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He turned brusquely away from us and began to question the new men.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“That’ll do, Johansen,” Wolf Larsen said brusquely.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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