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Definitions for BLUNTLY
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundlyadverb

    in a blunt direct manner

    "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly"

Wiktionary

  1. bluntlyadverb

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Bluntlyadverb

    Etymology: from blunt.

    I can’t keep honest counsels, marr a curious tale in telling it, and deliver a plain message bluntly. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    A man of honest blood,
    Who to his wife, before the time assign’d
    For childbirth came, thus bluntly spoke his mind. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. bluntly

    Bluntly refers to the manner of expressing something in a direct and honest way, without attempting to soften or conceal the truth, often disregarding others' feelings. It's typically regarded as being straightforward or uncompromising.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bluntlyadverb

    in a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of BLUNTLY in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of BLUNTLY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of BLUNTLY in a Sentence

  1. Houston Astros:

    My doctor put it very bluntly, if you want to go out in a blaze of glory and maybe blow yourself out, by all means go pitch in the World Series. But if you want to pitch a few more years like you’ve told me you want to, then you’d be an idiot to do that.

  2. Ian Lambie:

    Put bluntly, they experience a sense of hopelessness and complete vulnerability, and a lack of sensory stimulation from the outside world, any confinement needs to be for as limited a period of time as possible, allowing the young person to reintegrate into their surroundings.

  3. Michael Medler:

    To put it bluntly, the last century of fire policies have left our forests explosive.

  4. Vice President Biden:

    Now, I know Im not supposed to say it that bluntly, but theyre the facts, theyre the facts. And so everything else we do is in between here. Everything else we do is at the margins. And the reason why I add that parenthetically, why I believe the fence is needed does not have anything to do with immigration as much as drugs.

  5. Amy Martin:

    It looked like if I were to take the kitchen scissors and just pull it out and bluntly over and over cut, because you know it was just very choppy like Jim Carrey on Dumb and Dumber but rounder and a little bit shorter. Thats exactly what it looked like.

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