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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Curtly \Curt"ly\ (k[^u]rt"l[y^]), adverb In a curt manner.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
curtly
adverb: in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it" [syn: {short}, {shortly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "curtly": abruptly, aphoristically, bearishly, bluffly, bluntly, boorishly, brashly, briefly, brusquely, cavalierly, churlishly, compendiously, concisely, crisply, crustily, economically, gruffly, harshly, in brief compass, laconically, nastily, pithily, pointedly, sententiously, sharply, shortly, snippily, sparely, succinctly, summarily, synoptically, tersely
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