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View synonyms for bluntly

bluntly

[ bluhnt-lee ]

adverb

  1. starkly and directly, with no attempt to be tactful or diplomatic:

    I always had a tendency to act in ways that are politically unwise—to bluntly say what I consider the truth.

    To put it bluntly, that is a very poor piece of policy-making.

  2. in a way that involves no subtlety or discernment:

    It was one of those things that's so bluntly obvious, none of them really had to say anything about it.

    The three-strikes law has been applied too broadly, too bluntly, with some people serving life sentences for relatively minor crimes.

  3. without any sharp points or edges:

    It has downy leaves and stems and small white flowers blooming in June, followed by bluntly triangular seedpods.



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To put it bluntly, the population of this oil-rich nation has been conned on a colossal scale for many years.

From BBC

And an understanding that, bluntly, Europe cares more about Ukraine than the United States does.

From BBC

It features a probing interview with Stewart, who is by turns cagey and bluntly honest.

Often it was the most stable patients in smaller district hospitals who would be selected for transfer as – bluntly – they were the most likely to survive in a moving vehicle for several hours.

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As he bluntly put it, “It's not a cause. The end of the world is not a cause. It's a total disaster. It is the end of civilization.”

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