curtness

• “His curtness was an attempt to end this personal speculation on a topic that was none of their business.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Pride of Hannah Wade

• “In fact Curtly's curtness was a pleasant balm to the bombast and phoniness of even the most well-intentioned and unarguably necessary awards do, an impression not immediately dispelled by the appearance of the hosts, an unlikely sandwiching together of Gaby Logan and Ravi Shastri.”

  The Guardian: England's Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook hit sixes at ICC awards

• ““We sure do,” Ted said heartily, knowing that Rita had been upset by his curtness when he arrived.”

  Simon & Schuster: I’ll Walk Alone

• “ Father was the sort of man who greeted a telephone salesperson with utter brevity and curtness, but Tom Bradford was different.”

  Fictionaut: The Nielsens (part one)

• “Fia sat up and shoved her hair from her face, wondering at the curtness of his tone.”

  Simon & Schuster: Much Ado About Marriage

• “She had a curtness and a dismissiveness that I found very unpleasant.”

  Simon & Schuster: Gunn’s Golden Rules

• “She wished him a good morning in a cool voice and offered to make him a cup of tea, which he refused with a curtness which verged upon rudeness.”

  Fictionaut: You Don't Take Names

• “He pronounced the hereditary tide with a curtness that approached insult.”

  Fictionaut: do you ever read writing?

• “The curtness of the dismissal raised a flush in Yves's smooth, scrubbed cheeks, and for a moment Cadfael feared for the young man's newly achieved maturity.”

  Fictionaut: A River So Long

• “Note please that I am not suggesting the Obamas should accede to HRC's campaign strategy, only that they tone down the snide curtness of their responses.”

  Obama Nixes Hillary's Invite To Town Hall Meeting

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