curt
Try to avoid curtness when responding to parents' concerns.
There was a curtness to her tone.
"That was last night’s order," said the commander, with military curtness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
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abruptness
bald
baldly
baldness
blisteringly
bluff
directness
downrightly
edgelord
flat outphrase
forthright
outspokenly
plain speaking
plain-spoken
plainness
point-blank
shoot
suffer
vocal
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