6
bluntly
5
brusquely
4
abruptly
4
roundly
3
frankly
2
directly
2
flat out(verb, expression, adverb, phrasal verb)
2
plainly
2
steeply
1
absolutely
1
boldly
1
broadly
1
craggily
1
curtly
1
filmily
1
gauzily
1
genuinely
1
gruffly
1
harshly
1
in all conscience(expression, idiom)
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