Bluntly

//ˈblʌntli// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.

    "Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue: I tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe Haue to their names tytles of dignitie, And dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth?"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a blunt direct manner wordnet

Synonyms

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abruptlyblufflybrieflybroadlybrusquelybrusquely

Example

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"There are too many demonstrative pronouns. To put it bluntly, it couldn't be harder to understand."

Etymology

From blunt + -ly.

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