transcription, транскрипция: [ kɜ:(r)t ]
If you describe someone as curt , you mean that they speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way.
Her tone of voice was curt...
‘The matter is closed,’ was the curt reply.
= abrupt, brusque
ADJ
• curt‧ly
‘I’m leaving,’ she said curtly.
ADV : ADV with v