curtly

adjective

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There are 2 syllables in the word curtly.

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Definition of curtly:

curtly (adjective):: sparing of words terse

Synonyms for curtly:

abruptly

bluntly

briefly

briskly

brusquely

compactly

concisely

crisply

elliptically

exactly

gruffly

in a nutshell

in a word

in brief

in sum

laconically

pithily

precisely

rudely

sententiously

sharply

short

shortly

snappily

succinctly

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Antonyms for curtly:

at great length

at length

at undue length

ceremoniously

circuitously

circumlocutorily

convolutedly

deviously

diffusely

digressively

discursively

evasively

expansively

garrulously

grandiloquently

indirectly

lengthily

logorrheically

long-windedly

longwindedly

meanderingly

obliquely

periphrastically

permanently

pleonastically

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