brusquerie
[ broos-kuh-ree; French bryskuh-ree ]
noun
abruptness and bluntness in manner; brusqueness.
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How to use brusquerie in a sentence
To conceal this he made use of a brusquerie of speech and manner that was merely a cloak to his real nervousness.
Grey Town | Gerald Baldwin"I shan't see that," said Kindelon, with an amused brusquerie.
The Adventures of a Widow | Edgar FawcettThe flat brusquerie of her two remarks to the man had struck her own ear unpleasantly: they were neither polished nor courteous.
V. V.'s Eyes | Henry Sydnor HarrisonJohn Abernethy, the pupil and friend of John Hunter, was remarkable for eccentricity and brusquerie in his dealings with patients.
Clergymen and Doctors | AnonymousThis most mistaken opinion gives an indelicacy, a 'brusquerie', and a roughness to the manners.
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son | The Earl of Chesterfield
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