abruptly

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

abruptly
    adv 1: quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn:
           {abruptly}, {suddenly}, {short}, {dead}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Abruptly \Ab*rupt"ly\, adv.
   1. In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the
      usual forms; suddenly.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Precipitously.
      [1913 Webster] Abruptly pinnate

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

53 Moby Thesaurus words for "abruptly":
      a corps perdu, bang, bearishly, bluffly, bluntly, boorishly,
      brashly, brusquely, cavalierly, churlishly, crustily, curtly, dash,
      forthwith, gruffly, harshly, hastily, head over heels, headfirst,
      headforemost, headlong, heels over head, impetuously, impulsively,
      like a flash, like a thunderbolt, nastily, of a sudden,
      on short notice, plop, plump, plunk, pop, precipitantly,
      precipitately, precipitously, rashly, sharp, sharply, short,
      shortly, slap, slap-bang, smack, snippily, startlingly, sudden,
      suddenly, surprisingly, unawares, unexpectedly, without notice,
      without warning