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bluntly, adv.|ˈblʌntlɪ|
[f. blunt a. + -ly2.]
†1. Stupidly; with dulled perception; without quickness of wit. Cf. blunt a. 1. Obs.
1557Tottell's Misc. (Arb.) 136 For he that blontly runnes, may light among the breers. 1583Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 45 Al our senses weare..bluntlye benummed. 1711C. M. Lett. to Curat 75 You may guess how bluntly I look'd, upon being taken up so sharp.
2. Without a sharp point or edge; obtusely.
1578Lyte Dodoens ii. ciiii. 290 Leaues bluntly iagged rounde about the edges. 1768Parsons in Phil. Trans. LVIII. 193 Bluntly serrated. 1821Hooker Flora Scot. ii. 22 Pileus deep buff, bluntly conical.
3. Rudely; without ceremony or delicacy; abruptly, curtly.
1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 796/2 Because we come bluntly to it. 1605Shakes. Lear i. iv. 36, I can..deliuer a plaine message bluntly. 1617Hieron Wks. (1620) II. 415 Neuer fall bluntly to any religious dutie which God requires. 1741H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) I. x. 32 They bluntly refused to go. 1873Black Pr. Thule xvii. 269 Ingram had come prepared to state harsh truths bluntly. |