brusquely

And so it was Sunday night that Cristiano Ronaldo, brusquely thwarted for much of the game, put the upstarts in their place.

Xabi Alonso, the Spanish midfielder who has had a tournament to forget (after only two games), was brusquely dispossessed.

I simply want to draw attention to some of the gaps, some of what may be missing, when we dismiss God too brusquely.

He affected non-recognition of Mayo when the young man asked, brusquely, if he might see him in private.