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curtly

curtly adverb: in a curt manner; tersely, almost rudely.

Adverb

curtly (comparative more curtly, superlative most curtly)

  1. In a curt manner; tersely, almost rudely.
    • She greeted me with a bright smile, and said: “Back already? Did you find it?” With a strong effort I mastered my emotion and replied curtly but civilly that the answer was in the negative. “No,” I said, “I did not find it.”1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    shortly

curtly meaning in Malayalam

curtly in Malayalam

ചുരുക്കമായി, സംക്ഷിപ്തമായി, ചുരുക്കി, സംക്ഷേപമായി

Synonyms of curtly

Forms of curtly

comparativemore curtly
superlativemost curtly

Origin of curtly

From curt + -ly.

Questions about curtly

What does curtly mean?
Curtly means in a curt manner; tersely, almost rudely.
What is curtly in Malayalam?
Curtly in Malayalam is ചുരുക്കമായി, സംക്ഷിപ്തമായി, ചുരുക്കി. See Curtly meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is curtly?
Curtly is an adverb.

Words near curtly in the dictionary

  1. Curtius rearrangement
  2. Curtius rearrangements
  3. Curtișoara
  4. curtle-axe
  5. curtle-axes
  6. curtly
  7. Curtner
  8. Curtners
  9. curtness
  10. curtnesses
  11. Curto

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