bluffnessn.
/ˈblʌfnɪs/ Abruptness; bluntness of manner, offhandedness.
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abruptness1591
snappishness1598
bluntness1608
cuttedness1622
briskness1668
bluntishness1691
snappinga1734
brusquerie1752
off-handedness1823
brusqueness1859
bluffness1863
curtness1882
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvii. 419 His soldierly bluffness.
1865 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 434 He told his story with all the bluffness of a sailor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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