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An abrupt discourteous manner
Answer for the clue "An abrupt discourteous manner ", 11 letters:
brusqueness
Word definitions for brusqueness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: abruptness , curtness , gruffness , shortness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being brusque.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brusqueness \Brusque"ness\, n. Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness. --Brit. Quar.
Usage examples of brusqueness.
Kirk cut him off with the same impatient brusqueness that would strike fear into the hearts of his subordinates when he was twenty years more refined.
The brusqueness of his statement was quite neutralized by the proud there-wasn't-that-clever-of-me smile he gave Sadler, who was now wondering what would be a suitable reward for his enterprise.
The laughter in his eyes saddened briefly into wistfulness, then brusqueness as he held her away from him and said, "We'd better go now.