Definition of Bluntly

1. Adverb. In a blunt direct manner. "He was criticized roundly"

Exact synonyms: Bluffly, Brusquely, Flat Out, Roundly
Partainyms: Bluff, Blunt, Brusque

Definition of Bluntly

1. adv. In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.

Definition of Bluntly

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bluntly

1. blunt [adv] - See also: blunt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluntly

blunt-end
blunt-end DNA
blunt-end ligation
blunt-ended DNA
blunt-leaf heath
blunt duct adenosis
blunt file
blunt instrument
blunt trauma
blunted
blunted affect
blunter
bluntest
blunting
bluntish
bluntly (current term)
bluntness
bluntnesses
blunts
blur
blurb
blurbed
blurbing
blurbist
blurbists
blurbs
blurred
blurredly
blurredness
blurrier

Literary usage of Bluntly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"Ireland, Dublin, 1804, 4to) bluntly says : " Pope Gregory I. burnt the Palatine Library and works of Livy." 696. FIRST ORDINANCE IN FRANCE RESPECTING THE ..."

2. The Canadian War of 1812 by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1906)
"The repeated American successes at sea in the year 1812, WE Welling- bluntly expressed in a letter which the Duke of Wellingto fights! ..."

3. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles Darwin (1854)
"The surface of the valve is depressed in the line of the spur, with the basal end of the latter bluntly pointed. A very slight flexure (fig. ..."

4. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"If the occasion requires you to declare your opinion, do it modestly Slid gently, not bluntly nor coarsely ; by this means you will avoid giving ..."

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