CURT, CURTLY
ADJECTIVES
► CRUSTY harshly curt in manner or speech → c1570
► CURTAL curt, brief, scant; abridged, curtailed → 1579 obs.
► CUTTED curt, snappish; short to rudeness → 1530 obs.
► GNIB stingy, mean; ill-tempered, curt in manner → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRAP curt, sharp in speech → 1885 Eng. dial.
► STUNTY sulky, obstinate; curt, blunt → 1825 Eng. dial.
ADVERBS
► CUTTEDLY curtly, concisely, abruptly → 1530 obs.
NOUNS
► CRUSTINESS crabbed curtness of manner or temper → 1727
► SNAPHANCE a curt, sharp answer; a ready answer or argument → 1598 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CRUST a curt or short-tempered person → 1594 obs.
VERBS
► SHORT TALK to talk curtly, crossly, rudely, in a quarrelsome manner to someone → 1931 Amer. dial.
► THROW A WORD TO A PERSON AS IF ONE THREW A BONE TO A DOG to speak curtly and seldom → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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