baldly
adverb
uk
/ˈbɔːld.li/ us
/ˈbɑːld.li/Meaning of baldly in English
(Definition of baldly from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of baldly
baldly
Praise was presented baldly 75% of the time but was itself used to tone down the negative effect of comments.
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Why, to put the question baldly, do these interpreters - or we - shudder with horror and blush with embarrassment at these moments?
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His answer, baldly stated, is that if they are made right they are helpful, but if they are made wrong they are misleading.
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We do not seem to need to assert baldly that reasonable pluralism is a fact simply because we believe it is a fact.
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A relatively small number of movements are prefaced by a brief formal outline, but such tables are sporadic and baldly presented.
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Gaskell, whose wit is justly famous for its delicacy, would not make the point so baldly; she makes it, rather, through patterns of repetitions and emphases.
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I say that baldly as a fact, not necessarily as a criticism.
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Stated baldly like that, it is not accurate.
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It is a fault in the present system, but he is wrong to put the matter as baldly as that.
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We do not know why that is proposed, but it is just baldly stated.
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Put baldly like that, that seems to be a gratuitously insulting remark.
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I cannot put it any more bluntly or baldly.
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That is baldly true, but what are the exports?
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For instance, he has said quite baldly that the local hospital is to opt out of the national health service.
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Patently, that highly debatable and controversial claim is made baldly and without any qualification.
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dosdoğru, çarpıtmadan, tüm çıplaklığıyla…
sèchement…
nuchter…
suše, stroze…
enkelt og klart…
seadanya…
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thẳng thắn…
bez ogródek, sucho…
rakt på sak…
terang…
unverblümt…
enkelt, tørt, utilslørt…
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