BALDLY Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

baldly

adverb

Definition of baldly

as in openly

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Recent Examples of baldly Evil Dead Burn isn’t as baldly hateful toward women as the hypersuccessful, low budget Obsession. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 10 July 2026 Pinney’s fantasies and visual metaphors are sometimes more poignant in concept than in execution, and a theme of Ray’s crude racist impulses is baldly inserted but left undeveloped. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026 My job, bluntly, was to spy, but to do it in a way that wasn’t baldly obvious either. — Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026 Nobody in the administration has said so baldly. — Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2026 If the baldly stated white supremacism that now fills up my X feed is any guide, that reborn entity drank lots of raw milk and grew up with strong bones and teeth. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2026 The heartfelt book sees Myers looking back on awkward moments from her own life in her signature laugh-out-loud, baldly honest prose. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025 The state would wield a deleterious influence on public education, with a rounded civic understanding of Israeli democracy replaced by a more baldly nationalist and illiberal one. — Ilan Z. Baron, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024

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Current and former officials have spoken openly about their assessments that the Chinese government has obtained data on almost every American.

— Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
What often shapes public perception is whether a company communicates openly, cooperates with regulators, and demonstrates a willingness to take immediate corrective action.

— Gary Occhiogrosso, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of openly

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Another Republican strategist, speaking on the condition of anonymity to candidly discuss internal party dynamics, said Graham represented a fading faction within the GOP.

— Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026
Doohan, who announced his engagement to Jewett in December 2020, spoke candidly about his partner during a 2022 appearance on the Keep It podcast.

— Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026

Definition of candidly

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Firmer than rib eye but just as rich and, frankly, more consistently well-marbled than most other cuts, it can be cooked like steak (to medium or medium-rare), or braised to full shreddy-ness.

— Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 July 2026
However, the pressure is on both Smith and the Jets, quite frankly, to produce in 2026.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026

Definition of frankly

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If the image is genuine and already halfway around Reddit, there is nothing left to hide and everything to lose by acting otherwise, so the honest move is to name what happened plainly and let the daylight do its work.

— Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Jerry Klein, chief veterinarian at the American Kennel Club, put it plainly in an interview with Wirecutter.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026

Definition of plainly

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Now, fresh off one of the most straightforwardly terrible albums of the decade, here comes the Muse Mothership again.

— Liam Inscoe-Jones, Pitchfork, 1 July 2026
Perhaps the cleanest rebuke of noisy nativism would be for England to win, and, if Tuchel can take that final step that eluded Southgate, he’ll be immortalized, too—perhaps in a prestige miniseries of his own, and a more straightforwardly triumphal one at that.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 June 2026

Definition of straightforwardly

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Foley has been the one board member who has forthrightly stood up for oversight and accountability on every key issue.

— The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
Coming off the ice, Malinin forthrightly congratulated the winner, Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan, as if to communicate that Shaidorov won the prize from his own efforts, not from Malinin’s failure.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026

Definition of forthrightly

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Not the layoffs, the mergers, the rampant unemployment, and the fear that comes with it — all of that and more unreservedly sucks.

— Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 9 July 2026
At once pugnaciously combative and unreservedly sentimental, Landon chose to take the series out with a commentary on class revolt.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026

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