bluntly

adverb

Definition of bluntlynext
as in brusquely

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Recent Examples of bluntly In an interview this week, Burnham stated bluntly that Brexit has brought far more negative consequences to the United Kingdom than benefits, explicitly noting that the UK does not rule out rejoining the European Union in the future. — CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Drew Holler, chief human resources officer at $19 billion homebuilder Lennar, put it bluntly. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 Risks, but not existential ones Not everyone dismisses the risk quite so bluntly, though. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 Jordana Cohen, who chaired the AHA writing group, has framed the current moment bluntly. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026 To put it bluntly, who cares what’s under the hood if no one ever drives the car? — Larisa Summers, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Often put forward bluntly, the latter could also impress in its refinement. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, to put it bluntly, the role of Ridgeway/Ripley would be a stretch for any actor, and Ehrenreich seems a little out of his depth when Corbijn’s film takes off in a meta new direction. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2026 Bradley Elliott, a researcher at the University of Westminster and a trustee of the British Society for Research on Ageing, put the limits bluntly to Forbes. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluntly
  1. brusquely
  2. abruptly
  3. precisely
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  • Léo’s tenderly nostalgic reminiscences of past love affairs are slapped down by Emma, who brusquely dismisses his pleasant recollections as mere male projection.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Yet, White House officials told me, Biden sometimes brusquely dismissed the views of both men, raising his voice as though berating children.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of brusquely
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  • The bombers were moved abruptly in response to multiple streams of intelligence warnings, including a threat that the aircraft could be hit in a swarm drone attack similar to one Ukraine launched against Russia in June 2025.
    — Steve Hendrix, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Cookie lovers searching the streets of New York City for a certain particularly gooey, thick and chewy dessert were left with crumbs this weekend after a local cookie chain abruptly shut its doors.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of abruptly
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  • Its maximum totality will occur just southeast of Luxor, Egypt — precisely 16 seconds short of the maximum duration on July 22, 2009.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Paradoxically, this kind of cognitive dissonance is possible precisely because of the saturation of public awareness with this knowledge and the hefty costs of acknowledging it.
    — Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of precisely

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“Bluntly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluntly. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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