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BLUNTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a blunt direct manner
Example:
he was criticized roundly
Synonyms:
bluffly; bluntly; brusquely; flat out; roundly
Classified under:
Pertainym:
blunt (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion)
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)
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