He nodded curtly at the guard and closed the door, not hearing her approach.
He nodded curtly, as if expecting the response.
The governor of Arkansas curtly refused its quota.
If I'm not, you'll know, she replied curtly.
On the 10th of May she wrote curtly that the course proposed by Sir Robert Peel was contrary to usage and repugnant to her feelings; the Tory leader then had to inform the House of Commons that, having failed to obtain the proof which he desired of her majesty's confidence, it was impossible for him to accept office.
