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Meanings of blunt reply in English

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Usage of blunt reply in English
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The blunt reply should have warned Selina that she was not bettering her case.
Jane Allen, Right Guard
2
She has accepted me, this time, was the blunt reply.
The Last Woman
3
The blunt reply to any suggestion of Scottish progress lies in the final group standings.
The Guardian
4
"No." He smiled encouragingly to take any sting from the blunt reply.
Beyond The Frontier: Dreadnaught
5
"Not unless you want to see him," was the blunt reply.
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
6
'I want something to do,' was the blunt reply.
In the Year of Jubilee
7
'When she wants to go,' was the blunt reply.
Dwell Deep; or, Hilda Thorn's Life Story
8
'I don't feel so,' was the blunt reply; 'it is not a very happy home-coming!'
The Carved Cupboard
9
'You look ill enough;' was the blunt reply.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 /...
10
"That's because I know your history," was the blunt reply.
The Great Impersonation
11
"Well, I can't, and that's all there is to it," was the blunt reply.
The Evil Shepherd
12
"I don't know and don't care," was the blunt reply.
Halsey & Co. / or, The Young Bankers and Speculators
13
"Much longer than she will remember your box on the ear," was the blunt reply.
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
14
'If it's true,' was the blunt reply.
In the Year of Jubilee
15
"No, I don't," was the blunt reply.
Little Women
16
"None," was the blunt reply.
Buddhism and Buddhists in China
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