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Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - curt

 
 

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Curt

curt
 adjective  Etymology: Latin ~us mutilated, ~ailed — more at shear  Date: 1630  1.  a. sparing of words ; terse wrote ~ precise sentences  b. marked by rude or peremptory shortness ; brusque a ~ refusal  2. shortened in linear dimension  Synonyms: see bluff  • ~ly adverb  • ~ness noun
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1.
  adj. noticeably or rudely brief. Derivatives curtly adv. curtness n. Etymology: L curtus cut short, abridged ...
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2.
  1. краткий, отрывистый, сжатый; немногословный 2. отрывисто-грубый to give a curt answer —- ответить коротко и резко a curt nod —- холодный кивок ...
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3.
  adj.  1) краткий; сжатый (о стиле)  2) отрывисто-грубый (об ответе) Syn: see brusque ...
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4.
  If you describe someone as curt, you mean that they speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way. Her tone of voice was curt... ‘The matter is closed,’ was the curt reply. = abrupt, brusque ADJ • curtly ‘I’m leaving,’ she said curtly. ADV: ADV with v ...
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5.
  ~ adj replying with very few words in a way that does not seem polite  (With a curt nod, he turned away and sat down.) - curtly adv - curtness n ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
  SMS abbr. Clever Use Of Reasoning Tools NASDAQ abbr. Curtis International, LTD. ...
English abbreviation dictionary
7.
  - 1366, from L. curtus "(cut) short, shortened," from PIE base *(s)ker- "cut." Sense of "rude" is first recorded 1831. ...
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