BLUNTLY Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

bluntly

adverb

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as in brusquely

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Recent Examples of bluntly In an interview this week, Burnham stated bluntly that Brexit has brought far more negative consequences to the United Kingdom than benefits, explicitly noting that the UK does not rule out rejoining the European Union in the future. — CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Drew Holler, chief human resources officer at $19 billion homebuilder Lennar, put it bluntly. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 Risks, but not existential ones Not everyone dismisses the risk quite so bluntly, though. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 Jordana Cohen, who chaired the AHA writing group, has framed the current moment bluntly. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026 To put it bluntly, who cares what’s under the hood if no one ever drives the car? — Larisa Summers, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Often put forward bluntly, the latter could also impress in its refinement. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, to put it bluntly, the role of Ridgeway/Ripley would be a stretch for any actor, and Ehrenreich seems a little out of his depth when Corbijn’s film takes off in a meta new direction. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2026 Bradley Elliott, a researcher at the University of Westminster and a trustee of the British Society for Research on Ageing, put the limits bluntly to Forbes. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026

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Léo’s tenderly nostalgic reminiscences of past love affairs are slapped down by Emma, who brusquely dismisses his pleasant recollections as mere male projection.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Yet, White House officials told me, Biden sometimes brusquely dismissed the views of both men, raising his voice as though berating children.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of brusquely

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Turning, however, needed to be done in 90-degree increments, which created some potentially confusing graphics as entire scenes abruptly appeared.

— Mark J. P. Wolf, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
They were hired by a nimble tech vendor with a flat hierarchy, and now they are being abruptly absorbed into a massive, heavily matrixed corporate bureaucracy.

— Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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That threat is precisely why many of our friends and former colleagues in Washington have recently proposed sweeping measures meant to slow China’s biotech progress.

— Patrick McHenry, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
This is precisely why one of your first purchases this season should be a fall jacket for women that complements and enhances your outfit, rather than hiding it.

— Irene Richardson, InStyle, 29 Sep. 2026

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