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ABRUPTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Quickly and without warning
Example:
he stopped suddenly
Synonyms:
abruptly; dead; short; suddenly
Classified under:
Pertainym:
abrupt (exceedingly sudden and unexpected)
Context examples:
I had scarce tied the strings of the portfolio, when, looking at his watch, he said abruptly—It is nine o'clock: what are you about, Miss Eyre, to let Adele sit up so long?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"It is nothing of the sort," said Summerlee, abruptly.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The gruff voice was gruffer than ever, as the old gentleman said abruptly, after the dreadful pause, "So you're not afraid of me, hey?"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“Good morning to you,”—said he, rising and walking off abruptly.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Towards this home, she began on the approach of January to turn her thoughts, and thither she one day abruptly, and very unexpectedly by them, asked the elder Misses Dashwood to accompany her.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
A silence of several minutes succeeded their first short dialogue; it was broken by Thorpe's saying very abruptly, “Old Allen is as rich as a Jew—is not he?”
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
And if sight alone were not sufficient, the cry of rage the intruder gave, beginning with a snarl and rushing abruptly upward into a hoarse screech, was convincing enough in itself.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
She was very equal, therefore, to address Mr. Bingley on the subject of the ball, and abruptly reminded him of his promise; adding, that it would be the most shameful thing in the world if he did not keep it.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The look of penetration with which Mrs. Micawber announced this discovery, as if no one had ever thought of it before, seemed rather to astonish my aunt; who abruptly replied, Well, ma'am, upon the whole, I shouldn't wonder if you were right!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
With an apology for my intrusion, I was about to withdraw when Holmes pulled me abruptly into the room and closed the door behind me.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
