# bluntly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈblʌntli/ · frequency rank #26,345

## Definitions
1. In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.

## Etymology
From blunt + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **bounty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bluntly-vs-bounty)
- **blunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-bluntly)
- **blindly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blindly-vs-bluntly)
- **blankly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blankly-vs-bluntly)

## Common misspellings (12)
`bbluntly`, `blluntly`, `blnutly`, `blunlty`, `blunntly`, `bluntlly`, `bluntlyy`, `blunttly`, `bluntyl`, `blutnly`, `bulntly`, `lbuntly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bluntly