curtly

1. 1.

   in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

   “he told me curtly to get on with it”

   “he talked short with everyone”

   “he said shortly that he didn't like it”

   Synonymsshortshortly

Questions about curtly

What does curtly mean?

curtly means "in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner".

How many syllables are in curtly?

curtly has 2 syllables: curt-ly. The stress falls on "curt". In IPA it is /ˈkɝtli/.

What is another word for curtly?

Close synonyms include short, shortly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is curtly a common word?

curtly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.