Curtly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curtly \Curt"ly\ (k[^u]rt"l[y^]), adv.
     In a curt manner.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  curtly
       adv : in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me
             curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with
             everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it"
             [syn: {short}, {shortly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "curtly":
     abruptly, aphoristically, bearishly, bluffly, bluntly, boorishly,
     brashly, briefly, brusquely, cavalierly, churlishly, compendiously,
     concisely, crisply, crustily, economically, gruffly, harshly,
     in brief compass, laconically, nastily, pithily, pointedly,
     sententiously, sharply, shortly, snippily, sparely, succinctly,
     summarily, synoptically, tersely