bluff
adjective
good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken.
bluffly
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a word derived from
bluff.
Example Sentences
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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
“Oh, I am no flatterer, Mr Penwynn,” said the visitor, bluffly.
From The Vicar's People by George Manville Fenn
"Besides, you're worth it," he roared out bluffly.
From An Engagement of Convenience A Novel by Louis Zangwill
Allen returned his half-drawn sword to its scabbard and said bluffly: “For the sake of the cause I agree to this.”
From A Hero of Ticonderoga by Rowland E. Robinson
“Look here, John,” he demanded, bluffly, at last, “was there any truth in the story that was limpin’ round in these woods about you almost twenty years ago?
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
