Synonyms of bluntly

bluntly

adverb

as in brusquely

Related Words

• brusquely
• abruptly
• precisely
• succinctly
• tersely
• sententiously
• bluffly
• curtly
• briefly
• exactly
• concisely
• laconically
• pithily
• crisply
• summarily
• shortly
• elliptically
• compactly
• aphoristically
• monosyllabically

Dissimilar Words

• diffusely
• verbosely
• wordily
• redundantly
• long-windedly
• repetitiously

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bluntly

Put more bluntly, sports event contracts are protected by federal law in some parts of the country but remain vulnerable elsewhere to states deeming them unlawful. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Aug. 2026

There was a case being made here, without stating it quite so bluntly, that the two greatest decades for women in pop music were the ’90s and the 2020s. — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026

Demis Hassabis has made the same point more bluntly, cautioning that using AI lazily can actually make people worse at critical thinking. — Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

No American songwriter ever wrote about poverty so bluntly, with so much detail. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026

Unitree's shares tumbled after founder Wang Xingxing sought to lower expectations for humanoid commercialization, while the public visiting conference exhibition booths were often bluntly unimpressed. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026

Tommy Vietor, a co-founder of the liberal podcast network Crooked Media, put it even more bluntly. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Fandom has been around since the advent of mass media, but with that old world dying and the new one (bluntly summarized, its main features are social media plus the tyranny of the algorithm) very much born, now is the time of fangirls. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

The State Attorney General’s Office bluntly told Menlo Park officials that the city had violated provisions of AB 712, AB 2011, and the Housing Accountability Act. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026