Synonyms for bluntly
blunt·ly

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. bluntlyadverb

   Synonyms:
   plainly, coarsely, abruptly

2. bluntlyadverb

   In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.

   Synonyms:
   coarsely, plainly, abruptly

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

1. bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundlyadverb

   in a blunt direct manner

   "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly"

   Synonyms:
   brusquely, flat out, bluffly, like blue murder, roundly

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "bluntly":

   plainly, frankly, openly, brutally, crudely

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How to use bluntly in a sentence?

1. Vice President Biden:

   Now, I know Im not supposed to say it that bluntly, but theyre the facts, theyre the facts. And so everything else we do is in between here. Everything else we do is at the margins. And the reason why I add that parenthetically, why I believe the fence is needed does not have anything to do with immigration as much as drugs.

2. Simon Clarke:

   When a virus is swilling around the population, it can mutate, every time it replicates( infects) there is the possibility of a mutation. While most of those are neutral or even damage the virus, every so often a mutation gives the virus a' fitness advantage,' which makes it more transmissible. Bluntly, the more people with a second dose, the less this thing can mutate in dangerous ways.

3. Houston Astros:

   My doctor put it very bluntly, if you want to go out in a blaze of glory and maybe blow yourself out, by all means go pitch in the World Series. But if you want to pitch a few more years like you’ve told me you want to, then you’d be an idiot to do that.

4. Hong Kong:

   Any demand that we should run an amnesty at this stage, that we will not follow up on investigations and prosecutions of offenders is not acceptable, because that bluntly goes against the rule of law in Hong Kong, ...My sincere plea is: Please give us an opportunity, the time, the room, to take Hong Kong out of the current impasse and try to improve the current situation.

5. Jin Jianhang:

   Bluntly, China's county-level towns are built like European ones, but its villages are like African ones.