adv. [f. CURT a. + -LY2.] In a curt manner; † shortly, tersely (obs.).
1654. Gayton, Pleas. Notes, IV. xv. 252. Mr. Licenciat hath so curtly, succinctly, and concisely Epitomizd the long story.
1866. Geo. Eliot, F. Holt, xxxv. Sit down, he said, curtly.
1874. Green, Short Hist., iv. 201. A direct demand to nominate the great officers of state had been curtly rejected.