If you describe someone as ~, you mean that they speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way.
Her tone of voice was ~...
‘The matter is closed,’ was the ~ reply.
= abrupt, brusque
ADJ
~ly
‘I’m leaving,’ she said ~ly.
ADV: ADV with v
If you describe someone as ~, you mean that they speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way.
Her tone of voice was ~...
‘The matter is closed,’ was the ~ reply.
= abrupt, brusque
ADJ
~ly
‘I’m leaving,’ she said ~ly.
ADV: ADV with v
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012