bluntly

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
blunt/blʌnt/

▶adjective

• 1 lacking a sharp edge or point.

  ■ having a flat or rounded end.

• 2 uncompromisingly forthright in manner.

▶verb

• 1 make or become less sharp.

• 2 weaken or reduce the force of.

▶noun black slang a hollowed-out cigar filled with cannabis.

– derivatives
bluntly adverb,
bluntness noun.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘dull, insensitive’): perh. of Scand. origin and rel. to ON blunda ‘shut the eyes’.