Abruptly
In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly.
Precipitously.
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Abruptly Quotations
My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus. He was 79. I am 61. In whatever kind of a 'race' life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist.
Christopher Hitchens
I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it.
Vladimir Nabokov
When the government is handed over to the Iraqi Council on 30 June, many have declared, oh, the Americans must never leave because civil unrest may erupt. Well, I agree, we cannot abruptly depart, but Iraq needs to step up to the plate on 30 June.
Howard Coble
In my childhood, America was like a religion. Then, real-life Americans abruptly entered my life - in jeeps - and upset all my dreams.
Sergio Leone
I am not that concerned that innovation in some large scale sense will suddenly and abruptly shift from one part of the world to another.
Craig Mundie
Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps.
Ernest Bramah
Abruptly Translations
abruptly in Dutch is abrupt, kortaf, botweg
abruptly in Portuguese is abruptamente
abruptly in Spanish is brusco, bruscamente, abruptamente
abruptly in Swedish is abrupt
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