Bruskness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bruskness is a noun meaning The state of being brusk.
Meaning
The state of being brusk.
Example Sentences
"Why didn't you send for me at once?" asked the older man with increasing bruskness.
On further acquaintance I concluded that Mr. Spear's bruskness was assumed, and that beneath the tough husk there beats a very tender heart.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brusqueness, brinishness, bruteness, brutishness, briskness, bristliness.
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