abruptly

adv
/əˈbɹʌp.li/US

Etymology

From abrupt + -ly.

  1. borrowed from abruptus
  2. formed as abruptly — “abrupt + -ly

Definitions

  1. In an abrupt manner

    In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.

    • The professor stopped her lecture abruptly when she noticed someone fall off their seat.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at abruptly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01abruptly02suddenly03quickly04rapidly05speed06traversed07traverse08mountaineering09mountains10mountain

A definitional loop anchored at abruptly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at abruptly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA