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curtest

curtest is the superlative 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 curtest

What is curtest the superlative form of?
Curtest is the superlative form of curt.

Words near curtest in the dictionary

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

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