bluffly

And this in the second paragraph of the first page of the chapter about his friend — the one he is later on bluffly cheering up about his sand-castle masculinity …

Hemingway's Libidinous Feast 2009

And this in the second paragraph of the first page of the chapter about his friend — the one he is later on bluffly cheering up about his sand-castle masculinity …

Hemingway's Libidinous Feast 2009

And this in the second paragraph of the first page of the chapter about his friend — the one he is later on bluffly cheering up about his sand-castle masculinity …

Hemingway's Libidinous Feast 2009

Sure, she says bluffly, “You can make love with your partner and not pay any attention to them whatsoever.”

THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB LAURIE ABRAHAM 2010

He disliked Melbourne Smith intensely but hid it well under a bluffly hearty manner.

The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

I felt a real identification with that maybe-rabbit, and a confused non-identification with Herman Kahn and his bluffly presented concentric circles of blast zones.

Scott Malcomson: The Intelligence Community and Obama's Future 2009

Elias, having settled into unregistered domesticity with a more stable consort than his incarcerated wife, offered scant opposition when Bob Pender, a bluffly respectable man, invited Archie to join his newest venture: the Pender Troupe was taking its act to America.

Chaplin’s Girl Miranda Seymour 2009

(He candidly says, "I don't need to read the scholars," and bluffly claims to rely on direct experience rather than the study of history or religion.)

Holy Writ 2003

(He candidly says, "I don't need to read the scholars," and bluffly claims to rely on direct experience rather than the study of history or religion.)

Holy Writ 2003

“Lonely, eh?” she mused, abrupt and bluffly kind as

Our Mr. Wrenn 2004