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

Although South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi both rhetorically back engagement with North Korea, Pyongyang has bluntly rejected their outreach. — Stephen E. Biegun, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2026

Voyager 2 found that their planetary magnetic fields were, to put it bluntly, wonky. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2026

Critiques of power To put it bluntly, many Black South Africans are not picking up what the DA is putting down. — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Nov. 2026

Raising the bar too bluntly could discourage legitimate researchers or incentivize people to cause actual damage merely to prove that an exploit works. — Ido Geffen, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

But that’s where the questions led the Georgia head coach when discussing the pivotal rivalry matchup with Florida, and Smart bluntly put the facts out there for everyone — including the Gators — to see. — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Trump also bluntly said the course would close, which made the testimony by federal officials difficult to square. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026

In the new film, as in his previous work, Fielder uses actors to play out real scenarios, and leans on his own dry, bluntly awkward persona to bring out his subjects’ quirks and oddities. — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Put bluntly, skepticism about the Chiefs' version of events is warranted. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026