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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of being direct and outspoken;
- Example: "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman"

2. without sharpness or clearness of edge or point;
- Example: "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"
[syn: dullness, bluntness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bluntness \Blunt"ness\, n. 1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; lack of sharpness. [1913 Webster] The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. Abruptness of address; rude plainness. "Bluntness of speech." --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bluntness n 1: the quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman" 2: without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible" [syn: dullness, bluntness] [ant: asperity, keenness, sharpness]