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In some senses, curt is marked as obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
curt
/kɝt/
adj 2name 2verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
crisp
VERB + CURT
gave, time
CURT + NOUN
businesslike, ways
PREP.
with
ADV.
always, such
Definitions
adj
1
Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
Again I begged her to keep an eye on her blood pressure and not get so worked up, and once more she brushed me off, this time with a curt request that I would go and boil my head. [...] Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points in the situation as she envisaged it […]
2
Short or concise.
verb
1
To cut, cut short, shorten.
Curting thy life, hee takes thy Card away.
name
1
A short form of the male given name Curtis
2
A male given name from the Germanic languages, an anglicized spelling of Kurt
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Again I begged her to keep an eye on her blood pressure and not get so worked up, and once more she brushed me off, this time with a curt request that I would go and boil my head. [...] Beginning with
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Curting thy life, hee takes thy Card away.
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He gave me a curt answer.
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She is curt.
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Don't you think it's rude to give people such a curt reply like that?
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Krista's curt, businesslike tone put off her clients at the maternity ward, especially on their special days.
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