abruptly
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abrupt/əˈbrʌpt/
▶adjective
- 1 sudden and unexpected.
- 2 brief to the point of rudeness; curt.
- 3 (of a slope) steep.
– derivatives
abruptly adverb,
abruptness noun.
abruptly adverb,
abruptness noun.
– origin C16: from L. abruptus ‘broken off, steep’, from abrumpere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + rumpere ‘break’.
'abruptly' also found in these Oxford entries:
abrupt
- absquatulate
- bam
- bang
- bark
- break
- chop
- clam
- clap
- cusp
- cut
- dob
- drop shot
- forced landing
- haul
- inselberg
- interject
- jilt
- jolt
- jump
- jumpy
- kiss
- mountain
- paid
- plank
- plunk
- recoil
- rug
- sharp
- short
- shortly
- snuff
- square wave
- swerve
- truncate
- up
- yank
