curtly

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a curt manner; tersely, almost rudely.
    — She greeted me with a bright smile, and said: “Back already? Did you find it?” With a strong effort I mastered my emotion and replied curtly but civilly that the answer was in the negative. “No,” I said, “I did not find it.”

词形变化

more curtly comparative most curtly superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English curt
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English curtly
From curt + -ly.
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