What does bruskness mean?
Bruskness means The state of being brusk.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The state of being brusk.
On further acquaintance I concluded that Mr. Spear's bruskness was assumed, and that beneath the tough husk there beats a very tender heart.
"Why didn't you send for me at once?" asked the older man with increasing bruskness.
When he had eaten, hungrily and in silence, responding to the mildly ironical sociability of his fellows with a brevity which only his soft voice saved from bruskness, he unrolled his new bed and lay down with not a thought for the part he was playing.
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Bruskness means The state of being brusk.
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On further acquaintance I concluded that Mr. Spear's bruskness was assumed, and that beneath the tough husk there beats a very tender heart.
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