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bluntly
[ bluhnt-lee ]
adverb
- 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.
- 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.
- without any sharp points or edges:
It has downy leaves and stems and small white flowers blooming in June, followed by bluntly triangular seedpods.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bluntly1
Example Sentences
As one White House official said bluntly: "This is not a negotiation, it's a national emergency".
"It's not about how much time I need, it's much more about how much time Putin gives us to be prepared," the defence chief says bluntly.
Commissioner Rob Manfred inelegantly but bluntly suggested why the league had struggled to market Trout.
However, soon afterwards China backed a UN Security Council resolution which bluntly calls on the Rwanda Defence Forces to "cease support to the M23 and immediately withdraw from DRC territory without preconditions".
She asked bluntly: "How will making people sicker and poorer help in driving our economy up?"
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