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1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 33% | 5 | To the point | |
3 | 31% | 7 | Blunt and to the point | |
Blunt Point Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "DIRECT" which means:
- adjective
- • Direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- • Straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- • In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- • Moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the earth
- • Similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- • (of a current) flowing in one direction only adverb
- • Without deviation adjective satellite
- • Having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
- • Being an immediate result or consequence
- • In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- • Lacking compromising or mitigating elements verb
- • Command with authority
- • Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- • Guide the actors in (plays and films)
- • Govern or manage
- • Take somebody somewhere
- • Cause to go somewhere
- • Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- • Lead, as in the performance of a composition
- • Give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
- • Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- • Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- • Put an address on (an envelope)
- • Plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
An example sentence would be:
- • "The movie had a very direct plot with no unnecessary scenes."
- • "He gave me a direct answer to my question."
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