GDict

brutally

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adv
  1. 1

    In a brutal manner; viciously, barbarically.

    • From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
    • "You sit there," said Henry brutally.
  2. 2

    In a direct way that does not attempt to hide, disguise, or mask unpleasantness; directly.

    • He was not an expert but he was brutally honest by saying he couldn’t help the customer find a solution.
  3. 3

    Extremely.slang

    • You know, I am so glad I never did it with someone I had lukewarm feelings for. Christian is brutally hot, and I am going to remember tonight forever.

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