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curly <-ier, -iest> [ˈkɜ:lɪ, Am ˈkɜ:r-] ADJ

portly <-ier, -iest> [ˈpɔ:tlɪ, Am ˈpɔ:rt-] ADJ iron

partly [ˈpɑ:tlɪ, Am ˈpɑ:rt-] ADV

curry2 VB trans

2. curry leather:

currently [-lɪ] ADV

justly [ˈdʒʌstlɪ] ADV

curtail [kɜ:ˈteɪl, Am kɚ-] VB trans

2. curtail (shorten):

curable [ˈkjʊərəbl, Am ˈkjʊr-] ADJ

curator [kjʊəˈreɪtəʳ, Am kjʊˈreɪt̬ɚ] N

shortly [ˈʃɔ:tlɪ] ADV

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This meant he couldn't curtly tell them that they were doing things incorrectly, or that they needed to change their job description.
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A manager waves us in and nods curtly with little expression in his face.
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She was defiant, replying curtly to questions after long pauses.
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Gibbons echoed his pitcher's sentiment, though much more curtly.
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The seven are curtly escorted out of the village.
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Despite gaining widespread approval, the report was curtly rejected by the government, but many of the detailed proposals still enjoy some currency.
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He nodded curtly, grimacing at her doe-eyed simplicity, wordlessly dismissing her.
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The delegation curtly replied that it had come simply to deliver a message, not to debate it.
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She curtly told them to do it themselves.
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He exits curtly, breaks into a run, seemingly set on something.
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