Definition of Brusquely

1. Adverb. In a blunt direct manner. "He was criticized roundly"

Exact synonyms: Bluffly, Bluntly, Flat Out, Roundly
Partainyms: Bluff, Blunt, Brusque

Definition of Brusquely

1. [adv]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Brusquely

brush fire
brush habitat
brush heap structure
brush kangaroo
brush layering
brush off
brush on
brush turkey
brush turkey
brush up
brush wolf
brusk
brusker
bruskest
brusque
brusquely (current term)
brusqueness
brusquenesses
brusquer
brusquerie
brusqueries
brusquest
brussels
Brussels
Brussels biscuit
Brussels carpet
Brussels griffon
Brussels lace
brussels sprout
brussels sprouts

Literary usage of Brusquely

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1. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"nance, but not his manner ; he brusquely told us that he would " see about it." In an hour afterwards the surgeon and the ambulance came, but after what ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
""Not I," he answered brusquely, so brusquely that Violet's smiles vanished. " I beg your pardon, Mademoiselle," he went on, " the fact is, I am annoyed that ..."

3. The Pageant by Charles Hazelwood Shannon, Gleeson White (1896)
"... at this "very instant the door, which resists no longer, falls to brusquely under their pressure, which they have not had time to relinquish] YGRAINE. ..."

4. Kings in Exile by Charles George Douglas Roberts (1910)
"He thrust upon it again, more brusquely, to be just ... brusquely denied. The hot blood blazed to his head, and he dashed himself upon it with all his ..."

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