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curtness - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun Shortness; conciseness; tart abruptness, as of manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun The quality of bing curt.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun The state of being curt
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun an abrupt discourteous manner
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Examples
His curtness was an attempt to end this personal speculation on a topic that was none of their business.
The Pride of Hannah Wade Janet Dailey 1985
His curtness was an attempt to end this personal speculation on a topic that was none of their business.
The Pride of Hannah Wade Janet Dailey 1985
“We sure do,” Ted said heartily, knowing that Rita had been upset by his curtness when he arrived.
I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011
In fact Curtly's curtness was a pleasant balm to the bombast and phoniness of even the most well-intentioned and unarguably necessary awards do, an impression not immediately dispelled by the appearance of the hosts, an unlikely sandwiching together of Gaby Logan and Ravi Shastri.
England's Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook hit sixes at ICC awards 2011
Fia sat up and shoved her hair from her face, wondering at the curtness of his tone.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
She had a curtness and a dismissiveness that I found very unpleasant.
Gunn’s Golden Rules Tim Gunn 2010
Father was the sort of man who greeted a telephone salesperson with utter brevity and curtness , but Tom Bradford was different.
The Nielsens (part one) 2010
She had a curtness and a dismissiveness that I found very unpleasant.
Gunn’s Golden Rules Tim Gunn 2010
Fia sat up and shoved her hair from her face, wondering at the curtness of his tone.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
She had a curtness and a dismissiveness that I found very unpleasant.
Gunn’s Golden Rules Tim Gunn 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word curtness
In conversation he tends to curtness
August 23, 2011