brusquely
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of brusquely
Example Sentences
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He gave her a pointed look, she says, and addressed her brusquely in Swahili: “You’re a Gen Z—come here.”
She brusquely replied that a particular leopard routinely came by a path in the hills, passed her house and went “that way.”
From Scientific American
Mann might have responded brusquely to Westbrook’s arrival as an instant starter in February.
From Los Angeles Times
He’s best known for his BAFTA-awarded 2019 feature “Bait,” a masterful, odd, brusquely stylish drama about economic and family tensions in a present-day Cornish fishing village, old ways deployed to dramatize a modern reality.
From Los Angeles Times
In her resignation letter, she writes that she applied in good faith but in the summer was "brusquely informed" by officials that no-one was being appointed from the process.
From BBC
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