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BRUSQUELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brusquely mean? 

BRUSQUELY (adverb)
  The adverb BRUSQUELY has 1 sense:

1. in a blunt direct mannerplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BRUSQUELY (adverb)


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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