Bluntness

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Bluntness Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0
    bluntness n
  1. the quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman"
  2. without sharpness of edge or point [syn: dullness, dulness] [ant: asperity, sharpness]
Bluntness Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
    Bluntness \Blunt"ness\, n.
  1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness. The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. --Holland.
  2. Abruptness of address; rude plainness. ``Bluntness of speech.'' --Boyle.

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  • Notebook: Courtney Lee takes demotion in stride
    WALTHAM — Bluntness comes with the job when a coach makes a decision like the one Doc Rivers made regarding Courtney Lee . Rivers told the guard that for the moment he’s out of the playoff rotation, his minutes taken by the more offensively varied Jordan Crawford . Though Rivers admitted that Lee is the better defensive player, he needs Crawford’s scoring. T Read more on this news related to 'Bluntness'
  • Pope Francis pulls no punches on Twitter
    Pope Francis took aim at corporations Thursday with a tweet heard round the world:While that’s not a shocking viewpoint from a former Latin American Jesuit known for his austere lifestyle, the bluntness of the message and the social-media pulpit he used to deliver it gained plenty of attention.Asked about the tweet Thursday at a news conference, Mario Draghi, pr Read more on this news related to 'Bluntness'
  • Program marks opening of Rudman center at UNH
    CONCORD – Political colleagues of the late Republican U.S. Sen. Warren Rudman recalled his bluntness, passion for justice and leadership at a program Sunday that marked the public opening of a center named for him at the University of New Hampshire School of Law. The Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy at UNH is named for Rudman, wh Read more on this news related to 'Bluntness'

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