Definitions
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- adverb In an
abrasive manner; in arude andunkind manner; acting in a way that mayhurt other people'sfeelings . - adverb
Hardly ;roughly ; in arough manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Key among its assets is Martha Plimpton's abrasively kooky performance as Virginia, a grandmother before her time.
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The bell rang abrasively making both girls jump but Josie-Lynn reached out and caught the monkey that Mary almost dropped.
The Grass of Hermosa Bend Warren Smith 2011
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The FBI even has its own Chloe in Janis Gold (Janeane Garofalo), who promises to be every bit as abrasively amusing.
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And, on the side of virtue, Geoffrey Freshwater as the deluded Gloucester and Darell D'Silva as the abrasively loyal Kent are similarly impressive.
King Lear – review 2011
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Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett -- two long time analysts and former U.S. government officials -- published a piece in Politico titled, rather abrasively, Ahmadinejad Won.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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He had three strikes against him from the beginning -- his Jewishness, his Brooklyness, his abrasively unattractive voice -- but he was relentless and uncompromising and lasted long enough to match the times.
James Campion: The Life, Myths, and Influence of an American Original James Campion 2011
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He had three strikes against him from the beginning -- his Jewishness, his Brooklyness, his abrasively unattractive voice -- but he was relentless and uncompromising and lasted long enough to match the times.
James Campion: The Life, Myths, and Influence of an American Original James Campion 2011
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He had three strikes against him from the beginning -- his Jewishness, his Brooklyness, his abrasively unattractive voice -- but he was relentless and uncompromising and lasted long enough to match the times.
James Campion: The Life, Myths, and Influence of an American Original James Campion 2011
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He had three strikes against him from the beginning -- his Jewishness, his Brooklyness, his abrasively unattractive voice -- but he was relentless and uncompromising and lasted long enough to match the times.
James Campion: The Life, Myths, and Influence of an American Original James Campion 2011
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Three years ago, a middle manager seeking a C-suite promotion at a conglomerate abrasively challenged the outside assessor, recalls John Beeson , principal CQ of Beeson Consulting Inc., the New York firm that screened him.
Employers Put Executive Job Candidates to the Test Joann S. Lublin 2011
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