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Definition of Bluntly
1. Adverb. In a blunt direct manner. "He was criticized roundly"
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
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Definition of Bluntly
1. blunt [adv] - See also: blunt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluntly
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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