ABRUPT, ABRUPTLY
ADJECTIVES
► CURSORY abrupt, brief, hasty, hurried → 1601
► CURT abrupt in manner → 1831
► EJACULATORY given to abrupt, impulsive expression→ 1644 obs.
► KNAPPISH rudely abrupt or forward, testy, snappish, sharp-tongued, spiteful→ 1513 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ADVERBS
► A-POP ► POP abruptly, suddenly, at once → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BANG abruptly, suddenly → 1847 Eng. dial.
► BAZZ abruptly, suddenly → 1861 Eng. dial.
► CUTTEDLY abruptly, concisely, curtly → 1530 obs.
► SMACK abruptly, with a sudden blow, sharply → 1840 Amer. dial.
► SMACK-BANG abruptly, with a sudden blow, sharply → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SMACK-DAB abruptly, with a sudden blow, sharply → 1852 Amer. dial.
► SMACK-DAB-DASH abruptly, with a sudden blow, sharply → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SMACK-JAM abruptly, with a sudden blow, sharply → 1965 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► FLASH to do something abruptly or in a strange way → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
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