brusquely
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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
The brusquely controlled way Kim’s Emmy speaks to Nora hints at the ocean of unresolved feelings between them.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 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
I could not hear what they were saying inside, but I knew it would not be anything good since they had received Mom so coldly and treated me so brusquely.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
Vocabulary lists containing brusquely
Of Mice and Men
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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