bluntly
adverb/ˈblʌntli/
/ˈblʌntli/
- in a very direct way, without trying to be polite or kind
- To put it bluntly, I want a divorce.
- ‘Is she dead?’ he asked bluntly.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBluntly is used with these verbs:- answer
- ask
- inform
- …
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