curtest
- superlative of curt.
Example Sentences
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Luis Enrique thought for a couple of seconds, looked straight back at the questioner, and gave the curtest of replies.
From Fox News • Jul. 5, 2021
He came from behind a sea of maps to grant the curtest interview I have ever had.
From Time Magazine Archive
The following dates show that I was kept waiting six weeks before being finally favoured with the curtest of refusals: Application made on September 13th, and sent on.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Beyond giving Mavis the curtest of nods, this young person took no notice of her.
From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)
But compare this with the fact that the leading men in England at this very time were recognized only by the curtest of abbreviated names.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.
