Significats de certain bluntness en anglès

A certain bluntness in the question, and the real or affected anxiety of the young man's tone brought the color streaming into her cheeks.

'No,' said Simon, with a certain bluntness.

"There's one thing I must say to you quite plain, to begin with," remarked Mrs. Wick, whose language, though not disrespectful, had a certain bluntness.