curtness
/kurt/US // kɜrt //UK // (kɜːt) //
严谨性,紧密性,凝重,密封性
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
curt·er, curt·est.
- : rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.
- : brief; concise; terse; laconic.
- : short; shortened.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Both men curtly acknowledged Barrington's greeting, hardly conscious of the curtness maybe.
Stephen was made of much finer stuff than Bob, but he had not the latter's graceful humor and his curtness jarred.
The command came when it was needed, for Hetty was almost dismayed, and its curtness was bracing.
Amory supposed that it must be something in that close and grey-looking oblong that was at the bottom of his imperious curtness.
I returned his nod with a curtness I was at no pains to dissemble.
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