bluntly

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English blunt Middle English -ly English -ly English bluntly From blunt + -ly.

1. In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.

   “Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue: I tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe Haue to their names tytles of dignitie, And dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth?”

   “To put it bluntly, they are going to have to start defending a heck of a lot better than they have been, otherwise their season - and top-flight status - could well be over before they know it.”