bluffly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English bluff

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English bluffly

From bluff + -ly.

Adverb

bluffly (comparative more bluffly, superlative most bluffly)

1. In a bluff manner.
   • 2016, George Manville Fenn ·, Cutlass and Cudgel, page 78:

     "Sarch away, squire," said Shackle bluffly, as he placed the mugs on the floor and turned the wooden spigots.