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# abruptly

adverb

«abruptly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Suddenly and unexpectedly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abruptly/#m1)
2. In a short, rude or unfriendly way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abruptly/#m2)

### In the lessons

Tells the reader that something changed or stopped with no warning: the music stopped abruptly, she left abruptly. Also how someone speaks: he answered abruptly. In science, a graph that changes abruptly has a sharp jump.

### Examples

- The music stopped abruptly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abruptly/#x1)
- She stood up abruptly and left the room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abruptly/#x2)
- The road ended abruptly at a fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abruptly/#x3)
- "No," he said abruptly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abruptly/#x4)
- The temperature dropped abruptly at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abruptly/#x5)
- The line on the graph rises abruptly after the third day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abruptly/#x6)
- ‘I want a boy to tend my cattle,’ he said abruptly, ‘as the one I had has run away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abruptly/#x7)

### Note

Adverb from abrupt. Synonyms: suddenly, sharply. Rude sense: curtly, shortly. Spelling: abrupt + ly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «abruptly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abruptly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«abruptly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/abruptly.html) on Mova free.