brusquely

adverb

Definition of brusquelynext
as in abruptly

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Recent Examples of brusquely Yet, White House officials told me, Biden sometimes brusquely dismissed the views of both men, raising his voice as though berating children. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 In some instances, judges brusquely threw cases out of court after prosecutors walked in with little evidence. — Brian Rokos, Daily News, 7 May 2026 The veil having been brusquely lifted from his eyes, Blair eventually left the service. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025 Gina remains loyal to Amy, who has at times treated her friend brusquely. — Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025 Norma Torres, whose son — Kenneth Mena Torres — was among those arrested, described a jarring moment when ICE agents brusquely entered their home to scan the face of each person living there. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brusquely
  1. abruptly
  2. bluntly
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  • In a lawsuit filed in Denver District Court, first reported by industry publication Current, the station claims its access was abruptly cut off earlier this year by Open Source Storage (OSS).
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026
  • All five were hammered the following month as the AI trade abruptly reversed, helping push the fund to the brink and forcing it to unload much of its public-equity portfolio to Citadel.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Tommy Vietor, a co-founder of the liberal podcast network Crooked Media, put it even more bluntly.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Fandom has been around since the advent of mass media, but with that old world dying and the new one (bluntly summarized, its main features are social media plus the tyranny of the algorithm) very much born, now is the time of fangirls.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
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“Brusquely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brusquely. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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