Lexic.us

Definition of Bluntness

1. Noun. The quality of being direct and outspoken. "The bluntness of a Yorkshireman"

2. Noun. Without sharpness or clearness of edge or point. "The dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"

Definition of Bluntness

1. n. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.

Definition of Bluntness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being blunt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bluntness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluntness

blunt-end DNA blunt-end ligation blunt-ended DNA blunt-leaf heath blunt duct adenosis blunt file blunt instrument blunt trauma blunted blunted affect

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blurbed blurbing blurbist blurbists blurbs blurred blurredly blurredness blurrier blurriest

Literary usage of Bluntness

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

1. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1858)
"His manners were very plain, retaining much of their native Scotch simplicity, and sometimes approaching to bluntness. He was distinguished by an easy, ..."

2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1806)
"Bot such either is the fidelity of hi ü narrative, such the dexterity of his art, or such the bluntness of our perception, that we"have beeu unable by ..."

3. Life Among the Apaches by John Carey Cremony, ( (2001)
"Dr. Webb's Bluntness. — Caballo en Pelo. — Method of Camping. — Yuma Chiefs our Prisoners. — The Launch. — Crossing the Colorado. — March into the Desert. ..."

4. Curran and His Contemporaries by Charles Phillips (1850)
"bluntness, Ireland would still have a name, and her inhabitants a country. " Let," said a little bagatelle published after his death— " Let no man arraign ..."

5. Universal Biography: Containing a Copious Account, Critical and Historical ...by John Lemprière by John Lemprière (1810)
"Hç was a man of a hold undaunted spirit, who posses- sed all the bluntness and puritanical pride of the times. He published some single sermons, ..."

6. Verdi: Man and Musician; His Biography with Especial Reference to His by Frederick James Crowest (1897)
"... feature— National and political honours and distinctions—An inactive senator—England's neglect—The composer's nature and character—Bluntness of speech—A ..."

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