Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Shortness; conciseness; tart abruptness, as of manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of bing curt.
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- noun The state of being
curt
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- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
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Examples
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His curtness was an attempt to end this personal speculation on a topic that was none of their business.
The Pride of Hannah Wade Janet Dailey 1985
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His curtness was an attempt to end this personal speculation on a topic that was none of their business.
The Pride of Hannah Wade Janet Dailey 1985
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“We sure do,” Ted said heartily, knowing that Rita had been upset by his curtness when he arrived.
I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011
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In fact Curtly's curtness was a pleasant balm to the bombast and phoniness of even the most well-intentioned and unarguably necessary awards do, an impression not immediately dispelled by the appearance of the hosts, an unlikely sandwiching together of Gaby Logan and Ravi Shastri.
England's Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook hit sixes at ICC awards 2011
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Fia sat up and shoved her hair from her face, wondering at the curtness of his tone.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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She had a curtness and a dismissiveness that I found very unpleasant.
Gunn’s Golden Rules Tim Gunn 2010
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Father was the sort of man who greeted a telephone salesperson with utter brevity and curtness, but Tom Bradford was different.
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She had a curtness and a dismissiveness that I found very unpleasant.
Gunn’s Golden Rules Tim Gunn 2010
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Fia sat up and shoved her hair from her face, wondering at the curtness of his tone.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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She had a curtness and a dismissiveness that I found very unpleasant.
Gunn’s Golden Rules Tim Gunn 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word curtness
In conversation he tends to curtness
August 23, 2011