Bluffly

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In a bluff manner; bluntly; in an unconventional or offhand way.
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  • adverb. In a bluff manner
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  • adverb. in a blunt direct manner
  • Word Usage
    "And this in the second paragraph of the first page of the chapter about his friend — the one he is later on bluffly cheering up about his sand-castle masculinity …"