Definitions

bluntly

[bluhnt-lee] / ˈblʌnt li /

ADVERB

flat out

Synonyms

WEAK

all out at full speed at full throttle directly full-bore openly peak performance wide open

ADVERB

frankly

Synonyms

STRONG

candidly

WEAK

dead level directly forthrightly freely from the hip in truth laid on the line level on the level on the line openly plainly straight straight-out straightforwardly without reserve

Antonyms

WEAK

deviously dishonestly insincerely secretively

ADVERB

obtrusively

Synonyms

WEAK

clearly crassly

ADVERB

rudely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crudely harshly

STRONG

discourteously

WEAK

barbarously boorishly brazenly coarsely contemptuously crassly curtly disrespectfully imprudently indecently indecorously insolently loudly roughly sassily sharply snootily tactlessly unabashedly uncivilly uncouthly ungraciously vulgarly

Antonyms

WEAK

civilly courteously politely suavely

Example Sentences

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The show’s traveling costume supervisor and associate designer Eva Maciek put it most bluntly: “I love working on it because nobody dies.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Put bluntly, they are in financial distress, they need money and they need it now.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

But when David suggests that it’s time to move on, Tina bluntly replies, “It’s not over yet.”

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026

Put bluntly, the status quo will not hold.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

“Old Thokk won’t weep for Balder,” she said bluntly.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

bluntly

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