bluffly

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adverb

In a bluff manner

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adverbbluffly (comparative more bluffly, superlative most bluffly)

comparative more bluffly · superlative most bluffly

  1. In a bluff manner

    "Sarch away, squire," said Shackle bluffly, as he placed the mugs on the floor and turned the wooden spigots.

    2016, George Manville Fenn ·, Cutlass and Cudgel, page 78

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a blunt direct manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

bluffly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluffly

MLA

“bluffly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluffly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bluffly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluffly.

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