curtlyadv.
/ˈkəːtli/, U.S. /ˈkərtli/ In a curt manner; †shortly, tersely (obsolete).
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb]
shortlyc893
brieflya1300
shortc1374
in sumc1384
compendiously1398
in brief1423
roundlya1516
succinctly?1537
brief1557
succinct1593
abbreviately1599
compactly1603
laconically1631
presslya1637
compactedly1649
curtly1654
concisely1686
laconicly1709
straightforwardly1874
scantly1885
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] > curtly or brusquely
cuttedly1530
snappishly1548
snappingly1567
bluntly1579
brusquely1671
bluffly1794
shortlya1817
curtly1866
offhandishly1926
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xv. 252 Mr. Licenciat..hath curtly, succinctly, and concisely..epitomiz'd the long story.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xxxv. 10 ‘Sit down’, he said, curtly.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §5. 201 A direct demand on the part of the Barons to nominate the great officers of state had been curtly rejected.
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