BLUNTLY Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

bluntly

adverb

Definition of bluntly

as in brusquely

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Recent Examples of bluntly Tommy Vietor, a co-founder of the liberal podcast network Crooked Media, put it even more bluntly. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Fandom has been around since the advent of mass media, but with that old world dying and the new one (bluntly summarized, its main features are social media plus the tyranny of the algorithm) very much born, now is the time of fangirls. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026 The State Attorney General’s Office bluntly told Menlo Park officials that the city had violated provisions of AB 712, AB 2011, and the Housing Accountability Act. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 To put it even more bluntly, humans are losing and are on the retreat. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026 Krystal Tsosie of Arizona State University put it more bluntly to Campus Insights Media. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026 Once the signing with the Vikings was official, one of Murray’s coaches with the Cardinals, who requested anonymity to be candid about a former player, put the prevailing opinion bluntly. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 28 July 2026 Cardin describes it more bluntly than any pitch deck would allow. — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 To put it bluntly, the combined company will need CNN’s revenue and profits to help pay down that debt load, especially with the other channels on a downward trajectory financially. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

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Yet, White House officials told me, Biden sometimes brusquely dismissed the views of both men, raising his voice as though berating children.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
In some instances, judges brusquely threw cases out of court after prosecutors walked in with little evidence.

— Brian Rokos, Daily News, 7 May 2026

Definition of brusquely

Adverb

Luann patiently attempts to explain that the women don’t like being lectured to about their business affairs, only for Vicki to abruptly answer a phone call mid-conversation.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
At a virtual town hall meeting, Navy families who abruptly evacuated from Bahrain six months ago had many questions.

— Steve Walsh, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of abruptly

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There’s no clear explanation for why, precisely, liberals tend to have fewer children than conservatives do.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
The mission also carries instruments from Egypt, Switzerland, Bahrain and Italy; the latter country’s instrument is a small laser retroreflector on the lander that can be used to precisely measure distances from orbiters to the lunar surface.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

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