abruptly
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3.3
- adverb
- /əˈbrʌptli/
:
bruscamente
- At some point, John got up abruptly and walked away from the table.
- end abruptly
- stop abruptly
- leave abruptly
So sorry, I abruptly stopped recording earlier.
- So sorry, I abruptly stopped recording earlier.
- And then he abruptly, abruptly changed his, his tune.
- And so the series just ends abruptly.
- They missed analyst expectations, warned on profits and the CEO left abruptly last month.
- And then he says the white clad Knights abruptly changed direction, began riding towards him.
- And that's an exciting period of life to get it just cut off so abruptly.
- If that's really true, think of all of the situations you can think of in which mitochondrial function is abruptly impaired.
- The new era when security took a back seat to trade and economic growth ended abruptly with Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year.
- Listen, I know that I've abruptly jumped from kind of like our moment in Cam loops to now.
Examples
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The meeting ended abruptly when the fire alarm went off.
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At each change, the music stops abruptly, freezing the dancers in their steps.
Academic text (1991) -
"Why do you look away from me?" he asked abruptly one morning later that week.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then just as abruptly as it began, inflation stopped.
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I apologize for coming to see you so abruptly
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'The orchestra stopped abruptly and we began to laugh again.
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And then when I left MTV very abruptly, they were like, wait, what?
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"As for the ending," the parable breaks off abruptly, and the issue is still open.
Academic text (1992) -
The revolution in automobile manufacturing and design processes in Japan abruptly transformed the world market.
Academic text (1994) -
He has shown how climate can change not just gradually but abruptly, with potentially dire consequences.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Quickly and without warning
987
2.7
Very quickly and without warning
116
7.1
Happens quickly and without warning
99
2.3
Happening without any warning
50
3.3
Very quickly, in almost no time
35
2.5
Very quickly in a single moment
25
5.6
Happen at once without delay
13
3.0
Happening suddenly and without warning
13
7.6
Very quickly and suddenly, often causing a large change
8
6.5
In a sudden, rude way without warning or politeness
8
3.0
Immediately without delay
4
6.0
Very quickly and without hesitation
1
3.5
Very quickly, in an instant
1
8.3
Very quickly without careful thought
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A leaf with leaflets along a central stalk that ends with a pair at the tip
- Specialized
Having leaflets in pairs along the main stem and ending with a pair at the tip
How Suddenly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abruptly comes from old parts that mean 'broken off': ab- 'away' and rupt 'break', the same part you see in interrupt. So, to do something abruptly is to stop or change as if it were 'broken off', which is why it feels sudden and unexpected.