blufflyadv.
/ˈblʌfli/, U.S. /ˈbləfli/ 1. With a bluff or bold face, abruptly.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rocky peak > [adverb] > abruptly (of peak)
bluffly1870
1870 Daily News 28 Dec. The lofty summit of Noisy..standing bluffly up against the horizon.
2. Abruptly, bluntly, offhandedly.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] > curtly or brusquely
cuttedly1530
snappishly1548
snappingly1567
bluntly1579
brusquely1671
bluffly1794
shortlya1817
curtly1866
offhandishly1926
1794 J. Wolcot Rowland for Oliver in Wks. II. 427 Turns bluffly from the charms that taste adores.
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance x. 103 ‘You shall do no such thing’..said Hollingsworth, bluffly.
1883 Standard 18 May 3/2 Both canvases present us with bluffly picturesque figures.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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