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curter

curter is the comparative form of curt.

Meaning of curt

Adjective

curt (comparative curter, superlative curtest)

  1. Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
    • Again I begged her to keep an eye on her blood pressure and not get so worked up, and once more she brushed me off, this time with a curt request that I would go and boil my head. [...] Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points...1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “XVIII AND XIX”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    brusque, short
  2. Short or concise.

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Questions about curter

What is curter the comparative form of?
Curter is the comparative form of curt.

Words near curter in the dictionary

  1. curtein
  2. curteins
  3. curtel
  4. curtelasse
  5. curtelasses
  6. curter
  7. curtest
  8. curtesy
  9. curteyn
  10. curteyns
  11. Curtești

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