adj. sudden; being or characterized by direct and brief and potentially rude speech or manner
The car stopped abruptly.
The car stopped abruptly.
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The music will modulate abruptly at this point from A to B flat.
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Why did Lacey abruptly leave Amanda's hospital room?
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Our saunter around the park was abruptly terminated by the storm.
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sudden; unexpected; blunt
expected
3 syllables
ab-rupt-ly
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