abruptly
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Adverb [edit]
abruptly (comparative more abruptly, superlative most abruptly)
- In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]
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in an abrupt manner
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precipitously
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References [edit]
- ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 8: