curtly

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curtly

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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.”
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@misc{curtly_2026,
  title = {curtly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/curtly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}