Meaning & use
Bluntness
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The quality of speaking or acting in a direct, plain manner without softening one's words, or the state of being physically dull or not sharp.
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Her bluntness sometimes came across as rude, though she meant no offense.
Years of use had worn the knife down to near bluntness.
A note on using this word
"Bluntness" can describe both a manner of speech and the physical dullness of an edge, tying the abstract and literal meanings of "blunt" together.
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