Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in a blunt direct manner;
- Example: "he spoke bluntly"- Example: "he stated his opinion flat-out"- Example: "he was criticized roundly"[syn: bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundly]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
brusquely
adv 1: in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated
his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly" [syn:
bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundly]