bluntly russian

• пря́мо

  straight, straight ahead, directly

  right, just, exactly

  frankly, openly, bluntly

  really, truly, simply, downright

  straight, upright

• напряму́ю

  directly, first-hand

  bluntly, straight out, frankly

  straight ahead, in a straight line

• отруби́ть

  to chop off, to cut off, to hack off

  to snap, to retort curtly, to answer bluntly

• напрями́к

  straight, directly, as the crow flies, cross-country

  bluntly, point-blank, straight out, frankly

• отруба́ть

  to chop off, to cut off, to hack off

  to snap out (an answer), to answer curtly, to say bluntly

• впряму́ю

  directly, straight, immediately

  bluntly, straight out, openly, without beating around the bush

  truly, indeed, really

• сказану́вший

  having blurted out, having said (quickly/bluntly/unexpectedly)

Examples

• Мария дерзко отказа́лась от пода́рка, кото́рый хоте́л ей сде́лать Том, но́вый друг ее матери. Позже она пожале́ла об э́том.

  Mary bluntly refused the gift that Tom, her mother's new boyfriend, wanted to make her. Later, she regretted it.

• Мне нра́вится по утрам смотре́ть на го́род из твоего́ окна. (Че́стно говоря, са́мым интере́сным для меня явля́ется вре́мя до утра. Однако, говори́ть об э́том очарова́тельной молодо́й ле́ди напрямик нельзя.)

  I like looking at the city from your window in the mornings. (To be honest, what interests me most is the time before morning. However, it would be impossible to say that so bluntly to such a charming young lady.)

• Она любит резать правду-матку на собраниях.

  She likes to speak her mind bluntly at meetings.

• Ставящий вопрос ребром директор удивил всех сотрудников.

  The director, who was putting the question bluntly, surprised all the employees.