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单词 curtly
释义

curt

adjective

ˈkərt How to pronounce curt (audio)
1
a
: sparing of words : terse
wrote curt precise sentences
b
: marked by rude or peremptory (see peremptory sense 3) shortness : brusque
a curt refusal
In a curt voice, he ordered the server to bring him a glass of water.
2
: shortened in linear dimension
curtly adverb
curtness noun

Synonyms

  • abrupt
  • bluff
  • blunt
  • brusque
  • brusk
  • crusty
  • downright
  • short
  • short-spoken
  • snippy
  • unceremonious
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Example Sentences

He gave only a curt reply to the question. she was offended by the curt reply to her well-meaning question
Recent Examples on the Web On the street, Belinda would maybe be uncharacteristically curt. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022 The palm grease and petty trafficking of daily life in Iran is thrust into the foreground, as if in an X-ray of the innards of society—a cold, curt, and clinical manner in which Rasoulof contains and conveys his rage. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 June 2022 In hindsight, Albright’s curt dismissal of Russia’s security concerns might seem to have been ill-judged. Peter Harris, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2022 There follows a curt, violent Scherzo—an apotheosis of unthinking force. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2022 There was simply no way that Facebook would send me an curt email threatening to lock my account. Jacob Siegal, BGR, 2 Mar. 2022 Then Maryland’s three-decade relationship with the Leningrad region dissolved with a curt letter. Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022 Fielding a question on the controversy on Tuesday, Representative Elise Stefanik, who replaced Cheney as the third-ranking House Republican last year, offered a curt response. New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022 Tough Love, its title alone suggesting paradigms in conflict, can also be curt in its compassions. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin curtus mutilated, curtailed — more at shear

First Known Use

1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

curt

adjective

ˈkərt How to pronounce curt (audio)
curter; curtest
: rudely brief in language
a curt answer

curtly

adverb

as in concisely
in a few words the beleaguered mayor curtly answered all questions with a simple "No comment"

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • concisely
  • briefly
  • tersely
  • laconically
  • shortly
  • summarily
  • crisply
  • succinctly
  • pithily
  • precisely
  • in brief
  • in short
  • elliptically
  • compactly
  • abruptly
  • in sum
  • sententiously
  • brusquely
  • exactly
  • bluntly
  • in a nutshell
  • aphoristically
  • in a word
  • bluffly
  • monosyllabically

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • wordily
  • verbosely
  • diffusely
  • repetitiously
  • redundantly
  • long-windedly
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