curtly
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- r in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
he told me curtly to get on with it
- In the space of a week, I was late for two meetings, canceled three lunches and spoke curtly to friends and family.
- Newsmen stared at the briefcase chained to Martin's wrist, asked how the Nazi consul had been captured, were told curtly: "No interviews!" Four hours after his arrival.
- Near the end of the campaign says Flaherty, Mailer encouraged some of his staff to shave off their beards as a gesture of loyalty, and curtly rejected scripts for spot radio .