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curtly

/kurt-lee/US // ˈkɜrt li //

匆匆忙忙地,凝重地,匆匆地,爽快地

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : so briefly or stiffly as to seem rude or snippy; tersely: The officer saw my foreign passport and curtly ordered me to step aside. Saying nothing, she nodded curtly at me and pointed to one of the two chairs.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inrudely

Examples

  • “Matt called me from the Library [bar] at 3:15 PM,” Doc told me curtly.

  • Asked what he wanted from them, he retorted curtly, “Nothing whatsoever.”

  • “He was terminated for cause on July 25,” a Fox spokesperson curtly said in a statement.

  • "He just happened to be married and he seemed to have forgotten he was married," she says, curtly.

  • "Take those men to the guardhouse," he ordered curtly, pointing an accusing finger at Hicks and Bevans.

  • "No, he isn't," Mazaroff said curtly as he came into the front room and closed the door behind him.

  • Lechmere explained curtly that he would see to Maxgregor's safety, after which he would follow to the queen's hotel.

  • Both men curtly acknowledged Barrington's greeting, hardly conscious of the curtness maybe.

  • "All men don't pay such attentions to their wives," says Caroline, curtly.