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abruptly
[uh-bruhpt-lee]
adverb
without warning; suddenly or unexpectedly.
Not noticing that the car in front of him had stopped abruptly, he rear-ended it.
in few words and without using any polite formulas; brusquely.
My 14-year-old son was calling; as soon as I picked up, he asked abruptly, “How long till you get home?”
steeply; sharply.
At one end, the meadow flowed into a large valley; at the other, it dropped off abruptly in a cliff.
Other 51Թ Forms
- unabruptly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of abruptly1
Example Sentences
Then, last week, Kennedy abruptly fired all members of a highly influential committee that advises the CDC on vaccine policy.
She also said the Mexican restaurant next door abruptly closed its doors for two days, without explanation.
Because she’s already been disappointed by somebody — as we find out in the date episode — that’s very important to her, and then abruptly went away to start another family.
Border Patrol agents claimed they approached Gomez on a Los Angeles street because he “appeared startled and nervous when he saw the agents,” and abruptly changed course, “moving away from the agents at accelerating speeds.”
But six months later, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in Delhi, and with her, the conversation abruptly died.
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- all of a sudden
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