Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bluntness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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