abruptness

Definitions

noun

1

The state of being abrupt or broken

2

Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.

So be neither diffuse with damp and slippery words nor blunt the edge of your discourse by abruptness of style. Study in particular the purest period of style, that those who move only to Ciceronian rhythm call you not a Celt.

Collocations

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VERB + ABRUPTNESS

surprised

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an abrupt discourteous manner

brusqueness
curtness
gruffness
shortness

noun — the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warn

precipitateness
precipitousness
precipitance
precipitancy
suddenness

noun — the property possessed by a slope that is very steep

precipitousness
steepness

Antonyms

gradualness
gentleness

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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So be neither diffuse with damp and slippery words nor blunt the edge of your discourse by abruptness of style. Study in particular the purest period of style, that those who move only to Ciceronian r

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Tom was surprised by Mary's abruptness.

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Some people can see their own death coming and can feel it coming, while some others are taken aback by its abruptness.

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