Exact Match:
- gruffly
- in a gruff manner; "`No,' he replied gruffly"
Synonyms:
- no synonyms found
Related Words:
- curtly
collapse - in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it" related words >
- abruptly,
- aphoristically,
- bearishly,
- bluffly,
- bluntly,
- boorishly,
- brashly,
- briefly,
- brusquely,
- cavalierly,
- churlishly,
- compendiously,
- concisely,
- crisply,
- crustily,
- economically,
- gruffly,
- harshly,
- in brief compass,
- laconically,
- nastily,
- pithily,
- pointedly,
- sententiously,
- sharply,
- shortly,
- snippily,
- sparely,
- succinctly,
- summarily,
- synoptically,
- tersely
- harshly
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- in a harsh or unkind manner; "`That's enough!,' he cut in harshly" related words >
- abruptly,
- austerely,
- badly,
- bearishly,
- bluffly,
- bluntly,
- boorishly,
- brashly,
- brusquely,
- cavalierly,
- churlishly,
- cruelly,
- crustily,
- curtly,
- grimly,
- gruffly,
- hardly,
- heartlessly,
- inclemently,
- inexorably,
- mercilessly,
- nastily,
- painfully,
- pitilessly,
- relentlessly,
- remorselessly,
- rigorously,
- roughly,
- ruggedly,
- ruthlessly,
- severely,
- sharply,
- shortly,
- snippily,
- sternly,
- strictly,
- stringently,
- toughly,
- uncompassionately,
- unforgivingly,
- unmercifully,
- unremorsefully,
- unsparingly,
- unsympathetically,
- unyieldingly
- shortly
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- for a short time; "he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive"
- at a short distance; "the hem fell shortly below her knees" related words >
- abruptly,
- after a while,
- anon,
- aphoristically,
- bearishly,
- before long,
- betimes,
- bluffly,
- bluntly,
- boorishly,
- brashly,
- briefly,
- brusquely,
- by and by,
- cavalierly,
- churlishly,
- compendiously,
- concisely,
- crisply,
- crustily,
- curtly,
- directly,
- economically,
- ere long,
- fleetingly,
- flickeringly,
- flittingly,
- for a moment,
- gruffly,
- harshly,
- immediately,
- in a moment,
- in a while,
- in an instant,
- in brief,
- in brief compass,
- in due course,
- in due time,
- in short,
- just,
- laconically,
- momentarily,
- nastily,
- peremptorily,
- pithily,
- pointedly,
- presently,
- pronto,
- quickly,
- right,
- rudely,
- sententiously,
- sharply,
- snippily,
- soon,
- sparely,
- succinctly,
- summarily,
- swiftly,
- synoptically,
- tartly,
- tersely,
- testily,
- transiently
- abruptly
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- quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" related words >
- a corps perdu,
- bang,
- bearishly,
- bluffly,
- bluntly,
- boorishly,
- brashly,
- brusquely,
- cavalierly,
- churlishly,
- crustily,
- curtly,
- dash,
- forthwith,
- gruffly,
- harshly,
- hastily,
- head over heels,
- headfirst,
- headforemost,
- headlong,
- heels over head,
- impetuously,
- impulsively,
- like a flash,
- like a thunderbolt,
- nastily,
- of a sudden,
- on short notice,
- plop,
- plump,
- plunk,
- pop,
- precipitantly,
- precipitately,
- precipitously,
- rashly,
- sharp,
- sharply,
- short,
- shortly,
- slap,
- slap-bang,
- smack,
- snippily,
- startlingly,
- sudden,
- suddenly,
- surprisingly,
- unawares,
- unexpectedly,
- without notice,
- without warning
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