curt
adjective
rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.
curtest
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superlativeof curt.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
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
He had acknowledged the greeting with the curtest of nods.
From Mary Gray by Katharine Tynan
To all remarks or even questions he replied in the fewest words and curtest phrases possible.
From Between Whiles by Helen Hunt Jackson
Yet by now I was so goaded to indignant anger that I held my head high and met his stern glance with the curtest of bows.
From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Robert Ames Bennet
