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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. 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.

  2. Michael Medler:

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

  3. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi:

    Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches.

  4. Billy Haun:

    When an adult commits to being a high school coach, it’s not just about coaching the game. They take on a lot of responsibility, adults who fail to live up to those expectations – I’ll just put it bluntly – they fail students. We failed kids because we’ve got a group of young ladies who will now not be able to finish their season because of the behavior of some adults.

  5. Quentin Crisp:

    Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

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