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bluntly

[bluhnt-lee] / ˈblʌnt li /


ADVERB
obtrusively
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“China has already eaten much of German industry’s lunch and is preparing to start on dinner,” the Centre for European Reform, a London-based think tank, bluntly warned in a recent report.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

The show’s traveling costume supervisor and associate designer Eva Maciek put it most bluntly: “I love working on it because nobody dies.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

Put bluntly, they are in financial distress, they need money and they need it now.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

But when David suggests that it’s time to move on, Tina bluntly replies, “It’s not over yet.”

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

“Before you two hopeless cases go off the deep end,” he said bluntly, “may I ask a question: Have you been putting these poison mushrooms in our food?”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos




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