Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abruptly"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Abruptly \Ab*rupt"ly\, adv.
1. In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the
usual forms; suddenly.

2. Precipitously.

{Abruptly pinnate} (Bot.), pinnate without an odd leaflet, or
other appendage, at the end. --Gray.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

abruptly
adv : quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn: {suddenly},
{short}, {dead}]

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