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abruptly

[ uh-bruhpt-lee ]

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adverb

without warning; suddenly or unexpectedly:
Not noticing that the car in front of him had stopped abruptly, he rear-ended it.
in few words and without using any polite formulas; brusquely:
My 14-year-old son was calling; as soon as I picked up, he asked abruptly, “How long till you get home?”
steeply; sharply:
At one end, the meadow flowed into a large valley; at the other, it dropped off abruptly in a cliff.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of abruptly¹

abrupt ( def ) + -ly

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The announcement follows more than 100 lawsuits filed by students who were abruptly stripped of their legal right to study in US universities.

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That resulted in pandemonium in the U.S. and all over the globe as life-saving services have been abruptly ended, people have been fired and programs that Americans depend on are no longer functioning.

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Stocks surged after President Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days.

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The application window abruptly closed after just 45 minutes.

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One of the judges fired was in the middle of an asylum hearing and received notice via email and had to abruptly leave the proceedings, the letter stated.

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