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bluffly, adv.|ˈblʌflɪ|
[f. bluff a. + -ly2.]
1. With a bluff or bold face, abruptly.
1870Daily News 28 Dec., The lofty summit of Noisy..standing bluffly up against the horizon.
2. Abruptly, bluntly, offhandedly.
1794Wolcott (P. Pindar) Rowl. for Oliver Wks. II. 427 Turns bluffly from the charms that taste adores. 1852Hawthorne Blithed. Rom. I. x. 190 ‘You shall do no such thing’..said Hollingsworth, bluffly. 1883Standard 18 May 3/2 Both canvases present us with bluffly picturesque figures. |