He spoke bluntly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : He blunted the knife by using it to cut linoleum. ,Wine first excites, then blunts the imagination. From Dictionary.com.
Schiller once taught them a lesson when he reminded the petty tyrants of the Press of his time of what he called bluntly. From Wordnik.com. [Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House] Reference
Including one called bluntly enough "Let ` s Impeach the President.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 26, 2006] Reference
And it brings me great joy to hear Mayor Nagin bluntly announce his fury. From Wordnik.com. [Additional Notes] Reference
When looking at a disaster in the making speaking about it bluntly is not a fault. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing But Greenlights « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
In the case of high crimes and misdemeanors, who, to put it bluntly, is to be impeached?. From Wordnik.com. [The Runaway Presidency] Reference
At this communication, Cummin bluntly proposed himself as the terminator of this dispute. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
Another one where people come to caress daggers whose certificates of origin bluntly specify how many "Viets" they've stabbed. From Wordnik.com. [In the Footsteps of Tocqueville (Part Three)] Reference
While Neil Young has released an entire album of anti-war songs, including one called bluntly enough "Lets Impeach the President.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2006] Reference
Senator McCain bluntly declared that "things have not gone as we had planned or expected, nor as we were told by you, General Myers.". From Wordnik.com. [two good reads] Reference
A vote for Prop. 23 is a vote to turn the lungs of poor children into a snack for dinosaurs, to put it in bluntly Hollywood-ish terms. From Wordnik.com. [Rebecca Solnit: Jurassic Ballot: When Corporations Ruled the Earthrop 23] Reference
To put in bluntly, the thought of a billionaire genius who can sit in his lab and create an advanced suit like that, is simply ridiculous. From Wordnik.com. [Will Iron Man’s Realism Clash with The Avengers Universe? | /Film] Reference
I won't call bluntly by its name, go very ill together!. From Wordnik.com. [Three Dramas] Reference
To put it squarely and bluntly, is it because he is or is it because he isn’t?. From Wordnik.com. [New Republic Hit Piece On Ron Paul] Reference
You are now on the point of procuring for us what I have no hesitation in calling bluntly by its prosaic name — a railway!. From Wordnik.com. [Pillars of Society] Reference
To allege that Mr Morkel was told "bluntly" by the NNP Head. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
That's a first for Biden, good guy, but he does speak too "bluntly" sometimes. From Wordnik.com. [Gaffe-prone Biden avoids weighing in on Obama verbal slip] Reference
"No!" she called bluntly and without thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Shallow Soil] Reference
To put it bluntly, is technology friend or foe?. From Wordnik.com. [Humanizing TechnologyA Business Challenge] Reference
“No!” she called bluntly and without thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Shallow Soil] Reference
Gorman blurted in bluntly. From Wordnik.com. [A LITTLE ACCOUNTWITH SWITHIN HALL] Reference
To put it bluntly, colleagues are jealous of the guy. From Wordnik.com. [Political Lives: New Senate Boss: A Fish, Er, Frist, Out Of Water?] Reference
Truman put it bluntly: "" We are going to stay -- period. ''. From Wordnik.com. ['Like Music To Our Ears'] Reference
"" We don't do it because we're good guys, '' Crants says bluntly. From Wordnik.com. [On The Block] Reference
And, to put it bluntly, you are there to kill people if necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: More Than Just Being Moody] Reference
Summers bluntly insisted that Born drop her proposal, says Greenberger. From Wordnik.com. [The Reeducation of Larry Summers] Reference
One Blairite M.P. puts it bluntly: "As an ally, Blair has never been weaker.". From Wordnik.com. [The Decent Thing] Reference
Augustine's friend Bill Anders, head of powerful General Dynamics, put it bluntly. From Wordnik.com. [The Norman Conquest] Reference
Still, he speaks bluntly about the wave of young groups that have gone to the majors. From Wordnik.com. [You Call This Nirvana?] Reference
Mukasey bluntly made it clear to Clement that he had no intention of reversing his ruling. From Wordnik.com. [Here Comes the Judge] Reference
To put it more bluntly: the United States is in the beginning of a period of relative decline. From Wordnik.com. [The World Bails Us Out] Reference
The American ambassador, Karl Eikenberry, told Karzai bluntly this week: "Don't declare victory.". From Wordnik.com. [All for Nothing] Reference
On one hand, he bluntly and refreshingly called the latest homeland-security failures a "screw-up.". From Wordnik.com. [2010: A Look Back] Reference
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