He told me curtly to get on with it. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
His voice was heard calling curtly from the dining-room. From Wordnik.com. [The Trespasser] Reference
Nothing on this record could be described as curtly as a 'song'. From Wordnik.com. [Drowned In Sound // Feed] Reference
GMA, she answered "curtly," said one source: "No decision has been made.". From Wordnik.com. [B&C - Advertising News] Reference
Nash replied curtly, "But we haven't yet, have we?". From Wordnik.com. [Terror at Rush Hour] Reference
Mike the Angel nodded curtly and went back to work. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
"It is mouldier -- and smaller," he replied, curtly. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
Maise nodded curtly and took a seat beside the desk. From Wordnik.com. [Shock Absorber] Reference
"I've no time for rhapsodies now," said Hugh curtly. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy-Alone] Reference
"I go as I am, Master Guide," replied Isidore curtly. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France] Reference
Marks are curtly dismissed with the sound dictum that. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
"It's none of our damned business," replied Pa curtly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
"As I do for your reasons, sir," said Philippa curtly. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
After a second's hesitation he answered, curtly: "Yes.". From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Thus curtly dismissed, Paul went out, feeling miserable. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
To the short nod of his white silhouette he added curtly. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
"Miss Madge is not afraid," answered Captain Jules curtly. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
"What do you want me to do?" asked Captain Harding curtly. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
"For God's sake, Wilbraham, shut up," said Macartney curtly. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
"Cut out your nonsense and come to the point," he said curtly. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades] Reference
"Police Sergeant Gordon, on official business," he said curtly. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
"I am arresting you on my own responsibility," Field said curtly. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
"I had much rather you remained with me my dear," she said curtly. From Wordnik.com. [Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma] Reference
The chevalier waited for the Consul's reply, and he nodded curtly. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
"There is no need for an introduction," Croyden interrupted curtly. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
Since the evening of the bazaar, when Kathleen had nodded curtly to. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College] Reference
"OK, everybody sit down," she said curtly and went quickly to her work. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrath of Oprah] Reference
Last month, Cerberus curtly told United Rentals: It's not you, it's me. From Wordnik.com. [Get Out of the Deal, Neal] Reference
He curtly told the lawyer that "no decisions" had been made, Luskin says. From Wordnik.com. [Karl Rove's Consigliere] Reference
"Thanks," I replied, curtly, paying no attention to his outstretched hand. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
"We are going to wait," he said curtly, "and there is an end of the matter.". From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
Eastman curtly, going to get her coat, which hung over a chair near the door. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Wales Senior] Reference
"No matter how bad they are, they are my comrades, and I am no traitor," he said curtly. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades] Reference
"If I would trust you to carry our secret back to Donaghmore they would not," he said curtly. From Wordnik.com. [Only an Irish Girl] Reference
"The Czar places duty to country higher than domestic comfort," answered her husband, curtly. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
"Your overweening conceit would be laughable if it were not so irritating," Myra retorted curtly. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
"I think," he said, curtly, "you look like a woman on a poster, and not a reputable woman at that.". From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
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