What Does Curtly Mean?

adverb. so briefly or stiffly as to seem rude or snippy; tersely: The officer saw my foreign passport and curtly ordered me to step aside.

What is a synonym for curtly?

in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner. "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it" Synonyms: in short, shortly, concisely, soon, presently, suddenly, short, in brief, dead, unawares, briefly, abruptly, before long.

Is being curt rude?

Curt often just means "terse." In fact it comes from the Latin word curtus, which means “cut short, abridged.” But sometimes it has the added sense of being rudely short, like when you're irritated that someone's asking a foolish question so you give a brusque, curt response.