curtly
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He curtly dismisses 2005’s strong “A Bigger Bang” and 2016’s “Blue & Lonesome,” a back-to-basics album of blues covers, as “adequate endeavors that signaled a band living on borrowed time.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
I realised the man was the minister for health, Dr Thet Khaing Win, and approached him for an interview but he curtly rejected my request.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025
She curtly responds, “They’re just like us. There. Now you’re all caught up.”
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2024
When Ms. Ford asked her curtly, “Who do you think you are, Cleopatra?”
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024
When Deacon Hurd went past, he nodded curtly.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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