1. Claire's curtness made him wonder what he'd done wrong.

2. He answered with typical curtness.

3. His cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating.

4. His tone was characterized by curtness and dryness.

5. Though this dictionary wasn't compiled in curtness, the mistake cannot be avoided.

6. However, the stipulations are crude , curtness and lack of manipulation, which leads to ambiguity in judicial practice.

7. Osler, I was distressed to receive your March 10 letter about the curtness of our sales representative .