bald ‧ ly /ˈbɔːldli $ ˈbɒːld-/ BrE AmE adverb
in a way that is true but makes no attempt to be polite SYN bluntly :
‘I’m not coming,’ Rosa said baldly next morning at breakfast.
bald ‧ ly /ˈbɔːldli $ ˈbɒːld-/ BrE AmE adverb
in a way that is true but makes no attempt to be polite SYN bluntly :
‘I’m not coming,’ Rosa said baldly next morning at breakfast.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012