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brusquely

[bruhsk-lee] / ˈbrʌsk li /


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The doctor brusquely informed Petrou that she’d be totally blind by the time she was 25.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

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

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

Mom took George by the hand and walked brusquely through the lingering crowd.

From "George" by Alex Gino




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