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US
/ˈbɹəskɫi/
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ADVERB
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in a blunt direct manner
he spoke bluntly
he stated his opinion flat-out
he was criticized roundly
How To Use brusquely In A Sentence
- At the beginning of the show, the dancers approached the audience with tape recorders and brusquely asked us to give our names.
- There was a murmured exchange in the chamber, then the door was pushed wide and a lean, dark-visaged man stepped onto the landing followed by a much burlier companion who commanded brusquely, “Allons-y.” A Wicked Gentleman
- Brett said brusquely, shutting the passenger side door and hurrying around to open his own.
- It comes off once I'm back at the UN ," Silverman replied brusquely. CODE BREAKER
- The scorer walked up to him in a tea break and brusquely demanded to know his name.
- [7] [_Short pause; then he calls brusquely toward_ _the window, while he remains seated_.] The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig
- For a hospital," brusquely "I can give them one thing, at least -- shelter. The Shuttle
- But when she actually comes across a guy who finds her interesting, she brusquely pushes him away because of her insecurities and because he's a townie, not good enough to be associating with prep-school girls.
- We also see the brutal foreman of mining company (backed up, no doubt, by Yanqui financing), arrogantly selecting the ill-paid crew of the day while brusquely warning the city boys off company property.
- Nonsense, nonsense, my dear girl," brusquely, "put it out of your head at once. Jewel's Story Book