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To Milton the man he is bluffly antipathetic, regards him as the arch-heretic of an heretical age, a humorless megalomaniac.

From Time Magazine Archive

He treated Langdon bluffly as an old pal�and took his girl away from him.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Toothless old bear, I suppose, or a blind lion," bluffly answered the railroad veteran, who did not have a very high opinion of the average circus wild beast.

From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen

“Look here, sir,” cried the young man bluffly.

From The Mynns' Mystery by Fenn, George Manville

“How do?” he continued, bluffly, as the visitor rose and bowed, and then scanned him searchingly, as hat and comforter were placed once more upon the diving suit.

From Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake by Fenn, George Manville