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short-spoken
[ shawrt-spoh-kuhn ]
/ ˈʃɔrtˈspoʊ kən /
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adjective
speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
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Origin of short-spoken
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby short-spoken
short short story, short shrift, short shrift, give, shortsighted, short splice, short-spoken, short squeeze, short-staffed, shortstop, short story, short straw
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How to use short-spoken in a sentence
One may be naturally cold, short-spoken and stern, the other suave and gentle, yet both be equally good leaders.
Manpower|Lincoln Clarke AndrewsThe next day he was as short-spoken as Bat Truxton had been the day before Hapgood had tempted him, as irritable.
Under Handicap|Jackson GregoryHe is a decent, bluff, short-spoken old chap, with his heart in his work.
Max Carrados|Ernest BramahI was trying to move the sofa at the moment and I was inclined to be short-spoken.
British Dictionary definitions for short-spoken
short-spoken
adjective
tending to be abrupt in speech
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