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
Back would come my third effort with the curtest of refusals.
From Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Mr. Le Mesurier vouchsafed him the curtest of nods.
From The Philanderers by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
At a time of action speech, beyond the curtest of monosyllables, was surplusage.
From Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West by William MacLeod Raine
