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BLUNTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a blunt direct manner

Example:

he was criticized roundly

Synonyms:

bluffly; bluntly; brusquely; flat out; roundly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

blunt (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion)

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 Context examples: 

"Is this portrait like?" I asked bluntly.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Thus was I bluntly dismissed from the poop, only to find Mugridge sleeping soundly from the morphine I had given him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

John no one thwarted, much less punished; though he twisted the necks of the pigeons, killed the little pea-chicks, set the dogs at the sheep, stripped the hothouse vines of their fruit, and broke the buds off the choicest plants in the conservatory: he called his mother old girl, too; sometimes reviled her for her dark skin, similar to his own; bluntly disregarded her wishes; not unfrequently tore and spoiled her silk attire; and he was still her own darling.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)