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brusqueness

WordNet
  1. (n) brusqueness
    an abrupt discourteous manner
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Brusqueness
    Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.
Usage in the news

Scotch cocktails, the brusque and the beautiful. dallasnews.com

The Hidden Closets of Joey Giuntoli Sell for $1.35 M. Designed by Cass Gilbert, the building has a brusque beauty. observer.com

For a brusque, wide legged mans piss . northcoastjournal.com

But at its core, Margery Williams's classic story is about stark realities: humans are brusque and unreliable, toys wear out, and—above all—one is either real or one is not. publishersweekly.com

Even in a town that rewards sharp elbows and brusque personalities, Rice has managed to make an impressive array of enemies -- on Capitol Hill, in Foggy Bottom and abroad. kpbs.org

Fiji Water announced today that it will re-open its factory at 8 am Wednesday, less than 48 hours after brusquely dismissing its Fijian workforce and shuttling its employees off its premises via express buses. motherjones.com

Arrogant, willful and brusque, not paying attention to how he dressed or even to combing his hair, Ludwig van Beethoven wasn't a man cut out for high society. tpr.org

The man says brusquely that he's just dropping something off. thenational.ae

While Brochant came across as a sort of friendly bully, Rudd 's Tim Conrad is basically a nice guy aching to impress his brusque boss, Lance Fender (Bruce Greenwood). lansingcitypulse.com

Usage in literature

With a gesture brusque but flaccid he plucked aside the net and peered around. "A Christmas Garland" by Max Beerbohm

He shook off her hand almost brusquely. "A Maid of the Silver Sea" by John Oxenham

Then he walked to the door, leaving them brusquely. "The Stowmarket Mystery" by Louis Tracy

Moreover, he was rarely in repose, but moved with a singular brusque grace. "Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece" by John Addington Symonds

At midnight I was brusquely introduced to the American sleeping-car. "Your United States" by Arnold Bennett

He was so sensitive that he often assumed a brusqueness in order not to appear effeminate. "The Colossus" by Opie Read

Yet he was powerless to alter it, change its brusque accent. "The Three Black Pennys" by Joseph Hergesheimer

It was the sort of question that had to be asked brusquely, or not at all. "Balloons" by Elizabeth Bibesco

This last story is rendered probable by the brusque contrast between the character of Alfonso and that of Ferdinand. "Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7)" by John Addington Symonds

Puss wants her warm place in front of the fire or stove, but she does not brusquely and rudely push her way there. "Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls" by Helen Ekin Starrett

Usage in poetry
Since the last cholera epidemic
When his daughter was brusquely swept away
— It is just a year ago today
Captain Kio-tsu has greatly changed.