Baldly
['bɔ:ldli]
Definition
(adv.) in a bald manner; 'this book is, to put it baldly, an uneven work.'.
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Definition
(adv.) Nakedly; without reserve; inelegantly.
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Examples
- Those are the main facts of the case, stripped of all surmise, and stated as baldly as possible. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was determined to put the case baldly, without vain recrimination or excuse. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I state the case baldly and contradiction would be easy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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