bluntly English

Meaning bluntly meaning

What does bluntly mean?

bluntly

— adverb (= flat out, roundly) in a blunt direct manner he spoke bluntly he stated his opinion flat-out he was criticized roundly

Synonyms bluntly synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bluntly?

bluntly English » English

frankly

directly

brusquely

outspokenly

candidly

abruptly

straightforwardly

plainly

openly

forthrightly

curtly

straight to the point

shortly

sharply

roundly

out-spokenly

honestly

flatly

flat out

briefly

bluffly

unreservedly

uninhibitedly

uncivilly

truthfully

stubbornly

strictly

straight

simply

simple and direct

severely

rudely

proudly

point-blank

plain-spoken

outspoken

obstinately

not beating about the bush

no holds barred

insolently

incompletely

haughtily

harshly

gruffly

discourteously

disconnectedly

churlishly

categorically

boorishly

boldly

Examples bluntly examples

How do I use bluntly in a sentence?

Simple sentences

To put it bluntly, the reason this team won't win is because you're holding them back.

To put it bluntly, he's mistaken.

The truth, spoken bluntly, hurts.

Mary bluntly refused the gift that Tom, her mother's new boyfriend, wanted to make her. Later, she regretted it.

Movie subtitles

Shall I put it bluntly?

Forgive my speaking so bluntly but it is the truth.

You put it bluntly but with a certain degree of accuracy.

I don't enjoy putting it this bluntly. I'd hoped that you would have taken it for granted that you and I..

I am leaving soon, and you will forgive me if I speak bluntly.

And I must tell you bluntly that.

My lord! - Good news or bad, that thou com'st in so bluntly?

I believe the colonel has a point, even though he makes it rather bluntly.

Bluntly, yes.

Kate, I'll come bluntly to the point.

Simply put, they bluntly stated that if the Philippines were so important then the entire 32nd Army should be stationed there.

To put it bluntly, someone you know, work with every day, is a security hazard.

I'm sorry to put this so bluntly, sir, but you have a history of mental instability.

Never say things so bluntly.

Then, Your Grace, I must speak bluntly.

I don't enjoy putting it this bluntly.

Say it bluntly, what's the matter?

I believe the colonel has a point, even though he makes it bluntly.

To put it more bluntly or perhaps a little less believably, i don't think this airplane is really here.

Frankly, I didn't want to put it so bluntly.

Well, Marsh, to put it bluntly, poaching.

Bluntly, that's what I heard.

There's a little matter of a certain kind, to put it bluntly, there's a little matter!

Putting it bluntly, sir, you'd be far too lenient. You're too forgiving a man-- too compassionate.

Even if he doesn't listen, or even if he acts proud or says things too bluntly, cut him some slack and always stay by his side.

Good news or bad, that thou com'st in so bluntly?

How dare you talk so bluntly?

I have to say it bluntly.

They speak bluntly to us.

Therefore, I say bluntly that already, you have heard sufficient to point to the responsibility and guilt of another party.

He always puts things so bluntly.

He went round to see his mistress and bluntly announced he was leaving her.

May I speak bluntly?

You don't have to say it so bluntly.

News and current affairs

Let us put it bluntly: the continued participation of Haider's party in a governing coalition in a European country is totally unacceptable.

They could issue a Financial Stability Report that bluntly flags weak policies and financial vulnerabilities.

Many commentators, even those sympathetic to Bloomberg's goal, argued that it was wrong to try to legislate consumer behavior so bluntly.

To put it bluntly, given the World Bank's importance, consideration of either putative US candidate, Assistant Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz or former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carleton Fiorina, have been highly controversial around the world.

Domestic spying is growing and taking new forms nowadays because China's leaders, unsettled by the changes their own economic reforms have unleashed, bluntly refuse to consider democratic reforms.

This approach to the duties of a national leader, stated bluntly and honestly, forces us to consider a fundamental ethical issue.

A few weeks before the election in 1995, Jacques Chirac looked so weak that a journalist bluntly asked him on live TV whether it would not be better for him to give up.

Now that position has been bluntly and uncompromisingly expressed.

To put it bluntly, Russia is no longer in the same category as China.

Beck, who denies that he is anti-Semitic, is a conspiracy theorist of classic vintage, though the content of his alleged conspiracies is, to put it bluntly, weird.

Eschewing the traditional duality of frank private discussions and restrained public commentary, he aggressively advocated his case openly and bluntly, and did so in an increasingly personal manner.

To put it bluntly, violating that fledgling trust will break the back of Russia's economic upswing.

It does. Put bluntly, Americans were living beyond their means for too long.

In the aftermath of a major financial and economic crisis - which may yet be far from over - Chinese and Asians in general ask Europeans rather bluntly how we dare try to teach them lessons in financial capitalism.

A later portion of the war games took place in the Yellow Sea, in international waters very close to China, bluntly demonstrating America's commitment to freedom of the seas in Asia.

The main force holding Russia back is, to put it bluntly, ignorance.

Our models are, to put it bluntly, useless for predicting currency movements over a few weeks or months.

The IMF's reluctant endorsement of capital controls resembles the attitude of gun-control opponents: policymakers should target the harmful behavior rather than bluntly restrict individual freedoms.

Put bluntly, Americans were living beyond their means for too long.

Bluntly, the IMF has been too solicitous of Wall Street.

Put bluntly: either the country succeeds in emulating Poland's successful shift toward Europe, or it will once again fall under long-term Russian influence.