Synonyms for bluntly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : bluhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : blÊŒnt |
Top 10 synonyms for bluntly
- brazenly
- clearly
- coarsely
- contemptuously
- crassly
- curtly
- dead level
- dead on
- directly
- disrespectfully
- forthrightly
- freely
- from the hip
- full-bore
- imprudently
- in truth
- indecently
- indecorously
- insolently
- laid on the line
- level
- loudly
- on the level
- on the line
- openly
- peak performance
- plainly
- roughly
- sassily
- sharply
- snootily
- straight
- straightforwardly
- tactlessly
- unabashedly
- uncivilly
- uncouthly
- ungraciously
- vulgarly
- wide open
- without reserve
Définition of bluntly
Origin :- 1550s, "stupidly," from blunt (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "directly" is from 1570s.
- As in flat out : adv at top speed
- As in obtrusively : adv obviously
- As in rudely : adv impolitely
- As in frankly : adv very honestly
- But what was it that Evelyn had required of Mary and that Mary had bluntly refused to do?
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- "He wants to talk with you about a mortgage," I said bluntly.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- "You won it over Diablo in the Brooklyn Handicap," he answered, bluntly.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- And she saw him again, too, as he had been the night he had so bluntly told her of his passion for Rose.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- "When you get ready to go home, you can come to the store," he said bluntly.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- "Just held him up to pry into his private affairs," she put it bluntly to herself.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- This was not true; and Jonas bluntly said so, as they moved forward again.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- "Before the Malgamite scheme is exposed," replied Dorothy, bluntly.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- "Darn it all, I like to be friendly with my friends," he bluntly persisted.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Graves has put it bluntly, but what he says is literally true.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Antonyms for bluntly
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