Synonyms for bluntly
blunt·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 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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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Jin Jianhang:

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

4. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi:

   Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches.

5. 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.