curt

Somehow his curt reassurance made all her fears come rushing back.

Until, that is, I noticed myself crossing some invisible line: I wasn’t just focused; I was curt.

The rhythm section remained taut and rigid—live musicians mimicking the curt slap of hip-hop.

The pair had a curt handshake after Townsend clinched victory before Latvian Ostapenko made a comment at the net.

Yet he did, ending his meeting with the Russian leader with curt remarks, taking no questions from the press and offering no sense of a breakthrough toward peace in Ukraine.