Synonyms for abruptly
abrupt·ly

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1. abruptly, suddenly, short, deadadverb

   quickly and without warning

   "he stopped suddenly"

   Synonyms:
   shortly, curtly, on the spur of the moment, perfectly, suddenly, short, absolutely, of a sudden, dead, utterly, unawares, all of a sudden

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1. List of paraphrases for "abruptly":

   suddenly, sharply, precipitously, unexpectedly, steeply, brutally

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1. Nicola Lindson-Hawley:

   We hypothesize that you get it all out of the way in one go [by quitting abruptly]. In the gradual group, because they were put through it in a gradual way, they lost the motivation.

2. Suzie Hardy:

   Everything was set, but the morning of our flight, they called my lawyer and abruptly canceled. No explanation was given.

3. Darrell Cronk:

   The only time they've really done that with intent was the end of 2018 and they abruptly and quickly stopped that as growth rolled over in early 2019.

4. Joe Schrank:

   We think of addiction as this light switch you can turn on and off, what we're learning is that for some people, it's similar to scuba diving: You can only come up 20 feet so often or you get very, very sick. When people stop immediately and that abruptly, it really makes them vulnerable.

5. The IMF:

   The output gap could close more abruptly, through a policy-induced recession, with negative spillovers for the global economy.