sèchement
Meanings
Adverb
1. dryly (literally and figuratively, figuratively, literally)
2. sharply; curtly; shortly
Examples3
Elle lui a parlé sèchement.
She snapped at him.
Il m'a répondu sèchement.
He gave me a curt answer.
Tu ne trouves pas que c'est malpoli de répondre aussi sèchement aux gens ?
Don't you think it's rude to give people such a curt reply like that?