adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her secretary was a little brusque on the phone.
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In public he appears brusque and dismissive, but he is in fact a very caring person.
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Mathison's brusque style tends to irritate colleagues.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He had ranged ahead, limiting himself to brusque commands and a variety of signals.
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He limped over to the leg-press machine, his air brusque and withdrawn.
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He went out thinking that, behind all her brusque banter, she was a kindly little soul.
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It was just his usual brusque , impetuous way of speaking.
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Normally so courteous and tidy, if Loi was fishing, he became brusque and rude, oblivious to his surroundings.
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Off steps a brusque and bristling figure, carrying a kitbag and casual in a crew-neck sweater.
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They are both logical and just a little brusque with me.