Antonyms for bluntlyblunt·ly

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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 antonyms: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

How to use bluntly in a sentence?

1. Jin Jianhang:

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

2. Amy Martin:

   It looked like if I were to take the kitchen scissors and just pull it out and bluntly over and over cut, because you know it was just very choppy like Jim Carrey on Dumb and Dumber but rounder and a little bit shorter. Thats exactly what it looked like.

3. Ian Lambie:

   Put bluntly, they experience a sense of hopelessness and complete vulnerability, and a lack of sensory stimulation from the outside world, any confinement needs to be for as limited a period of time as possible, allowing the young person to reintegrate into their surroundings.

4. 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.

5. Jim Small:

   He’s got an uphill climb to be competitive in this race, just to put it bluntly, he’s an unknown running as a Republican in that district.

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