What does abruptness mean?
Abruptness means The state of being abrupt or broken.
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/əˈbɹʌp.nəs/ · noun
The state of being abrupt or broken.
So be neither diffuse with damp and slippery words nor blunt the edge of your discourse by abruptness of style. Study in particular the purest period of style, that those who move only to Ciceronian rhythm call you not a Celt.
Use abruptness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Abruptness means The state of being abrupt or broken.
Common synonyms include spontaneity, subitaneousness, brusqueness, shortness.
Possible antonyms include gentleness, gradualness.
So be neither diffuse with damp and slippery words nor blunt the edge of your discourse by abruptness of style. Study in particular the purest period of style, that those who move only to Ciceronian rhythm call you not a Celt.
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