Bluntly: Definition and part of speech

Bluntly

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

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bluntness: Definition and part of speech

Bluntness

  1. n. Abruptness of address; rude plainness.
  2. n. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blur: Definition and part of speech

Blur

  1. n. A moral stain or blot.
  2. v. t. To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink.
  3. v. t. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
  4. v. t. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
  5. n. That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance.
  6. n. A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blurt: Definition and part of speech

Blurt

  1. v. t. To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; — commonly with out.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.