bluntlyadv.
/ˈblʌntli/, U.S. /ˈbləntli/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adverb]
sotly1154
blately1513
grossly?1531
dully1533
blockishly1556
bluntly1557
buzzardly1561
sottishly1566
thickly1574
doltishly1580
witlessly1598
stupidiously1600
brainlessly1610
stupidly?1611
insulsely1637
uncleverly1697
numbskully1708
unintelligently1754
stupid?1757
duncishly1826
stockishly1846
sumphishly1850
simple-mindedly1851
obtusely1863
crassly1883
bovinely1900
unperceptively1935
simplistically1939
obtusively1953
dopily1958
gormlessly1958
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 101v For he that blontly runnes, may light among the breers.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 23 Al our senses weare..bluntlye benummed.
1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. 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.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > bluntness > [adverb]
obtuselyc1550
bluntly1578
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. ciiii. 290 Leaues bluntly iagged rounde about the edges.
1769 J. Parsons in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 193 Bluntly serrated.
1821 W. J. Hooker Flora Scotica ii. 22 Pileus deep buff, bluntly conical.
3. Rudely; without ceremony or delicacy; abruptly, curtly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] > curtly or brusquely
cuttedly1530
snappishly1548
snappingly1567
bluntly1579
brusquely1671
bluffly1794
shortlya1817
curtly1866
offhandishly1926
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 796/2 Because we come bluntly to it.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 32 I can..deliuer a plaine message bluntly . View more context for this quotation
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 415 Neuer fall bluntly to any religious dutie which God requires.
1741 H. Walpole Let. 23 Nov. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 33 They bluntly refused to go.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xvii. 269 Ingram had come prepared to state harsh truths bluntly.
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