baldly

bald  (bôld)

adj. bald·er, bald·est

1. Lacking hair on the head.

2. Lacking a natural or usual covering: a bald spot on the lawn.

3. Lacking treads: a bald tire.

4. Zoology Having white feathers or markings on the head, as in some birds or mammals.

5. Lacking ornamentation; unadorned.

6. Undisguised; blunt: a bald statement of policy.

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[Middle English balled, probably from bal, ball; see ball¹.]

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baldly adv.

baldness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

baldly - in a bald manner; "this book is, to put it baldly, an uneven work."

Translations

baldly [ˈbɔːldlɪ] ADV (fig) [state] → sin rodeos

baldly [ˈbɔːldli] adv (= bluntly) [state, say] → sans détour

baldly

adv (fig) (= bluntly) → unverblümt, unumwunden; (= roughly) → grob, knapp

baldly [ˈbɔːldlɪ] adv → senza tanti complimenti