CURTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does curtly mean? 

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

1. in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CURTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

Synonyms:

curtly; short; shortly

Context example:

he said shortly that he didn't like it

Pertainym:

curt (marked by rude or peremptory shortness)

 Context examples 

"The less noise the better," said Lord Roxton, curtly.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nay, nay, Simon, said Sir Nigel curtly, I pray you to forget these free companion tricks.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Tut, man, look at their faces!” cried Holmes, curtly.

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

“Well,” said he, curtly, “you are nearly half an hour late.”

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

“I don't know that it is,” said my aunt curtly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I noticed that Belcher whispered very earnestly into Harrison’s ear as he rose from his knee, and that the smith nodded his head curtly, with the air of a man who understands and approves of his orders.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“He is a bloody robber,” said the trader, curtly, “and I wish I saw him kicking at the end of a halter.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My uncle’s face had expressed considerable disgust at this invasion of his privacy, but it was part of his position to be on good terms with the fighting-men, so he contented himself with asking curtly what business had brought him there.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have other plans, answered Sir Nigel curtly; for I have come hither to lead these bowmen to the help of the prince, our master, who may have sore need of them ere he set Pedro upon the throne of Spain.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)