Crossword-Solution: BLUNTLY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bluntly | adv. | In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “BLUNTLY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| In a not so tactful manner | 1 answer |
| In plain-spoken terms. | 1 answer |
| In a rude manner. | 2 answers |
| Plump | 48 answers |
| brusquely | 49 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
AMCEEZ
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with BLUNTLY (5)
But you know she was hurt about Ántonia, and she can’t understand why you like to be with Tiny and Lena better than with the girls of your own set.’ ‘Can you?’ I asked bluntly.
Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations.
Ask her about the poet we were discussing, and I very much fear Judith will bluntly inform you she cannot tell a B from a bull's foot.
She came up to them and put her question, bluntly, though her quick wits had already given her a suspicion of the truth.
Then my father bluntly told Miss Matty he wanted to talk to me alone, and that he would stroll out and see some of the old places, and then I could tell her what plan we thought desirable.
Quotes with BLUNTLY (3)
Each religion makes scores of purportedly factual assertions about everything from the creation of the universe to the afterlife. But on what grounds can believers presume to know that these assertions are true? The reasons they give are various, but the ultimate justification for most religious people’s beliefs is a simple one: we believe what we believe because our holy scriptures say so. But how, then, do we know that our holy scriptures are factually accurate? Because the…
What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able to write... Maybe the deadly notion came from liking to read so much. Maybe I was in love with the image of being a writer. Whatever. It had been a really bad idea. Because I couldn't write, at least not by the bluntly and frequently expressed standards of anyone in a position to offer any encouragement and feedback.
To put it bluntly but fairly, anyone today who doubts that the variety of life on this planet was produced by a process of evolution is simply ignorant — inexcusably ignorant, in a world where three out of four people have learned to read and write.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: New Yorker, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1959–2023).