BLUNTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bluntly mean? 

• BLUNTLY (adverb)
  The adverb BLUNTLY has 1 sense:

1. in a blunt direct manner

  Familiarity information: BLUNTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUNTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a blunt direct manner

Synonyms:

bluffly; bluntly; brusquely; flat out; roundly

Context example:

he was criticized roundly

Pertainym:

blunt (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion)

 Context examples 

"It is life," he replied bluntly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“I must crave your pardon, comrade,” said he, bluntly.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I think it is the letter of a fop,” said my father, bluntly.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I must say that I am rather disappointed in our London consultant,” said Colonel Ross, bluntly, as my friend left the room.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He interrupted her when she gave the lines: “There are viols in your voice,” he said bluntly, and his eyes flashed their golden light.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Turning to me, as she took some loaves from the oven, she asked bluntly—Did you ever go a-begging afore you came here?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Pausing to turn a page, the lad saw her looking and, with boyish good nature offered half his paper, saying bluntly, "want to read it? That's a first-rate story."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

As bluntly as he could speak it, therefore, he told me that Marianne Dashwood was dying of a putrid fever at Cleveland—a letter that morning received from Mrs. Jennings declared her danger most imminent—the Palmers are all gone off in a fright, &c.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

"I didn't have the carfare, and I live across the Bay," Martin answered bluntly, with the idea of showing them his imperative need for the money.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Ma foi! you have not too much of either, for you are as white as marble,” said Harcomb bluntly.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)