curt

[US]/kɜːt/
[UK]/kɜːrt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. brief and to the point; abrupt; rudely brief

Phrases & Collocations

a curt reply

a curt tone

Example Sentences

He gave me an extremely curt answer.

a curt notice had been posted on the door.

He dismissed them with a curt nod.

she quenched Anne by a curt command to hold her tongue.

I received a curt letter telling me I was in arrears on my mortgage payments.

He said, “It seemed like Curt was trading too aggressively and too riskily and yet was getting rewarded for it.

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