Associations to the word «Abruptly»

Wiktionary

ABRUPTLY, adverb. In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

Dictionary definition

ABRUPTLY, adverb. Quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne