brusque

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She’s a shade brusquer and less sweet than Andrews’ version of the character and even more fond of admiring her own reflection in the mirror.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2018

At the time�and for decades afterwards�Poet Arthur Rimbaud's brusquer comment, "Gordon est un idiot," represented the opinion of none but Poet Arthur Rimbaud.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though I subsequently ascertained that Paul de Musset's story was substantially true, I am not altogether prepared, knowing his animosity against her, to accept his hinted theory of the lady's desire "de brusquer les fian�ailles."

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

Her methods would become something much brusquer and more direct.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 24, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

"Zara, it is understood you will be gracious? and brusquer no one?"

From The Reason Why by Glyn, Elinor