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being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner<the policemanʼs abrupt manner discouraged me from trying to claim that I hadnʼt seen the red light>— see blunt 1
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having an incline approaching the perpendicular<the gentle, rolling hills gradually give way to high mountains with abrupt sides>— see steep 1
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