Curtly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- But since she was born and raised in the US and is not actually fluent in Korean, she looked at the camera and curtly said in plain English, "They're changing over to an ABC affiliate."
Source: Bilingual Backfire - A common example would be an Asian-American being asked where they're from, or asked about an aspect of an Asian culture, only for them to curtly respond in a plain American accent, "I'm from Philly."
Source: Mistaken for Foreigner
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Plain and Curtly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/curtly/plain
Curtly & Plain. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/curtly/plain>.
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