English Dictionary

bluntness

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈblʌnt.nəs/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The characteristic of being blunt.

日本語の意味

率直さ（遠慮なく物事を正直に述べる性質）

Her bluntness sometimes offended people, but it also saved time during negotiations.

彼女の率直さは時に人を不快にさせたが、交渉の時間を節約することもあった。

意味（1）

The characteristic of being blunt.

All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.

bluntnesses （ plural ）