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
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
“God knows, we need a real solution to the homeless crisis,” she says brusquely.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022
“If you’d rather not discuss this, you don’t have to,” Nicholson said abruptly, and rather brusquely.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing brusquely
Of Mice and Men
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