dictionary definitions for "abruptly"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  abruptly
      adv : quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn:
            suddenly, short, dead]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abruptly \Ab*rupt"ly\, adv.
     1. In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the
        usual forms; suddenly.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Precipitously.
        [1913 Webster] Abruptly pinnate


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