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short-spoken

[ shawrt-spoh-kuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

short-spoken

First recorded in 1860–65

One may be naturally cold, short-spoken and stern, the other suave and gentle, yet both be equally good leaders.

The next day he was as short-spoken as Bat Truxton had been the day before Hapgood had tempted him, as irritable.

He is a decent, bluff, short-spoken old chap, with his heart in his work.

I was trying to move the sofa at the moment and I was inclined to be short-spoken.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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