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Noun abruptness has 3 senses
- abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness - an abrupt discourteous manner
--1 is a kind of discourtesy, rudeness
- abruptness, precipitousness, steepness - the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
--2 is a kind of gradient, slope
Antonyms: gradualness, gentleness
- abruptness, precipitateness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness - the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
--3 is a kind of haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation
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