Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- So as to be bald, in any sense of that word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Nakedly; without reserve; inelegantly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
bald manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a bald manner
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Examples
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Halperin baldly states that "the Greeks understood sex itself to be defined entirely in terms of phallic penetration, regardless of whether the sexual partners were both males, both females, or male and female"
The Uses and Abuses of Historicism: Halperin and Shelley on the Otherness of Ancient Greek Sexuality 2006
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He spoke the word baldly, looking away from the Parson.
Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse
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As one Education Trust study on graduation rates baldly summarizes, "On the whole, institutions that have lots of well-prepared students, ample institutional budgets and few students with unmet financial aid do in fact have higher graduation rates than those that don't."
Susan Meisenhelder: Higher Education at the Crossroads: The Graduation Rate Craze Susan Meisenhelder 2011
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His appointees, meanwhile, had a habit of making baldly inaccurate statements, such as when Secretary Hobby told a Senate committee, “No one could have foreseen the public demand for the vaccine.”
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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So what the hell do you have besides this incessant need to misrepresent ID and baldly declare your position the winner?
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Of course, it is possible at least some of the men actually felt worse about a mistake than they let on, but thought it was unmanly to expose their feelings so baldly.
Alina Tugend: Women, Men and Handling Mistakes Alina Tugend 2011
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“My family is in trouble in Winters,” Max said baldly, surprising Alexander with the truth.
Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011
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Of course, it is possible at least some of the men actually felt worse about a mistake than they let on, but thought it was unmanly to expose their feelings so baldly.
Alina Tugend: Women, Men and Handling Mistakes Alina Tugend 2011
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The only thing he did plead guilty for was having sex with a minor. as for the judge, he and the prosecutor were coaching each other and baldly lied about a rape occurring.
Evening Buzz: Fugitive Filmmaker Arrested, Fighting Back 2009
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Of course, it is possible at least some of the men actually felt worse about a mistake than they let on, but thought it was unmanly to expose their feelings so baldly.
Alina Tugend: Women, Men and Handling Mistakes Alina Tugend 2011
bilby commented on the word baldly
"I've lost my merkin," stated Tomasina baldly.
March 18, 2011