Synonyms for abruptly
abrupt·ly

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1. abruptly, suddenly, short, deadadverb

   quickly and without warning

   "he stopped suddenly"

   Synonyms:
   shortly, curtly, on the spur of the moment, perfectly, suddenly, short, absolutely, of a sudden, dead, utterly, unawares, all of a sudden

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1. List of paraphrases for "abruptly":

   suddenly, sharply, precipitously, unexpectedly, steeply, brutally

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1. Stefan Thurner:

   The hunger has to stop abruptly ; if malnutrition continues after the baby is born the effect of developing diabetes is much less.

2. Walter Benjamin:

   Nothing is poorer than a truth expressed as it was thought. Committed to writing in such cases, it is not even a bad photograph. Truth wants to be startled abruptly, at one stroke, from her self-immersion, whether by uproar, music or cries for help.

3. Lakshheish M Patel:

   If you are a trader under SBI securities and are not able to sell your shares on some day then you can be sure that stock market will fall on that day. And if you are not able to buy share as price entry is disabled then the market will rise abruptly. Brokers are cheaters and their guardian is regulator

4. Nicola Lindson-Hawley:

   We hypothesize that you get it all out of the way in one go [by quitting abruptly]. In the gradual group, because they were put through it in a gradual way, they lost the motivation.

5. Keith Rosso:

   Keith Rosso, who was on the same flight, said Keith Rosso had just finished dinner when the flight staff abruptly took trays away and said the plane was landing due to' unsafe flying conditions.