Word Study
bluntly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial bluntly has 1 sense
- bluntly(r = adv.all) bluffly, brusquely, flat out, roundly - in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly"
CIDE DICTIONARY
bluntly, adv.
In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. [1913 Webster]
"Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations."
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