baldly

/ˈbɔːldli/ adverb

Translation

› If you say something baldly, you say it in a very clear way which may upset the person you are speaking to.

dosdoğru, çarpıtmadan, tüm çıplaklığıyla

"I don't love you any more," he said baldly.1042

(Definition of baldly adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

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