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brusquely

[bruhsk-lee] / ˈbrʌsk li /


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The first time it happened, the day care received an anonymous call from a woman brusquely asking them to open the door.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026

He gave her a pointed look, she says, and addressed her brusquely in Swahili: “You’re a Gen Z—come here.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2025

She brusquely replied that a particular leopard routinely came by a path in the hills, passed her house and went “that way.”

From Scientific American ● Apr. 22, 2023

In her resignation letter, she writes that she applied in good faith but in the summer was "brusquely informed" by officials that no-one was being appointed from the process.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2022

"Summon Jory to my chambers and tell your father to saddle my horse," Ned told him, too brusquely.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin


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