1. rapid
Our actions have to be rapid and efficient.
I don't like rapid changes.
The more worthless the plant, the more rapid and splendid is its growth.
The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic.
Can we check the rapid spread of the 'flu?
Childhood is a period of rapid growth.
A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment.
Rapid and remarkable advances have been made in medicine.
the rapid expansion of oil companies
Business recovery, which looks just around the corner, will be rapid and strong.
Juvenile delinquency is on the increase at a rapid pace.
Technological innovation brought about the rapid progress of the information industry.
It must be dangerous to swim in this rapid stream.
The number of people in my country is rapidly decreasing.
search for better opportunities overseas disillusioned with the country's rapid economic fall from grace
2. abrupt
He made an abrupt departure.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to be so abrupt. I wouldn't have spoken so abruptly if I'd realized you were ill.
She looked puzzled at the abrupt question posed by a reporter.
There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.
... adopted it, dropt my abrupt contradiction and positive argumentation,...
The policeman was rather abrupt with me.
Bill's abrupt manner causes him to be misunderstood.
I was amazed at his abrupt resignation.
There are often periods of seemingly little progress followed by abrupt breakthroughs of improved ability.
abrupt geographical shifts
These decision are very abrupt.
When ending a telephone conversation, the trick is not to seem too abrupt.
The sales clerks were abrupt and impatient with the customers.
There was an abrupt change in her mood.
I was charmed with it, adopted it, dropped my abrupt contradiction and positive argumentation, and put on the humble inquirer and doubter.
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