Brusquely is an English word with synonyms like bluntly or roundly. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Brusquely meaning
In a brusque manner; abruptly; rudely.
Using Brusquely
- The main meaning on this page is: In a brusque manner; abruptly; rudely.
- Useful related words include: bluffly, bluntly, flat out, roundly.
- In the example corpus, brusquely often appears in combinations such as: brusquely and.
Context around Brusquely
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Brusquely
- In this selection, "brusquely" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, touched, told, brushed and waving stand out and add context to how "brusquely" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include them often brusquely and sometimes and unless touched brusquely and even. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "brusquely" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with brusquely
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was very blunt with his patients, treating them often brusquely and sometimes even rudely. (15 words)
The spider does not usually jump unless touched brusquely, and even then its avoidance movement is more of a horizontal lunge rather than a vaulting of itself entirely off the surface. (31 words)
Kelsey Grammer sounded curt this morning when he brusquely told a BBC Today program interviewer that he still supports Donald Trump but, according to his interviewer, this curtness doesn’t tell the full story. (34 words)
My guess is that she gets to take over for Gregg Popovich when he retires to his wine cave, but I don’t think Pop is finished yet with brusquely waving off sideline reporters and being asked to be Steve Kerr’s Vice President. (44 words)
Kelsey Grammer sounded curt this morning when he brusquely told a BBC Today program interviewer that he still supports Donald Trump but, according to his interviewer, this curtness doesn’t tell the full story. (34 words)
Appeals from President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and French Premier Paul Reynaud to stay out of the war were brusquely brushed aside, but Mussolini dutifully delayed five days at Hitler’s request. (34 words)
Example sentences (5)
Kelsey Grammer sounded curt this morning when he brusquely told a BBC Today program interviewer that he still supports Donald Trump but, according to his interviewer, this curtness doesn’t tell the full story.
Appeals from President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and French Premier Paul Reynaud to stay out of the war were brusquely brushed aside, but Mussolini dutifully delayed five days at Hitler’s request.
My guess is that she gets to take over for Gregg Popovich when he retires to his wine cave, but I don’t think Pop is finished yet with brusquely waving off sideline reporters and being asked to be Steve Kerr’s Vice President.
He was very blunt with his patients, treating them often brusquely and sometimes even rudely.
The spider does not usually jump unless touched brusquely, and even then its avoidance movement is more of a horizontal lunge rather than a vaulting of itself entirely off the surface.
Common combinations with brusquely
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: