using very few words and sounding rude:
The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.
brusquely adverb:
'What's your name?' he asked brusquely.
brusqueness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for brusque is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is brusque a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, brusque is tagged as adjective.
Does brusque appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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