baldly

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baldly englannista suomeksi

1. kaunistelematta, suoraan

baldly englanniksi

1. In a bald (blunt, matter-of-fact, unembellished, or lacking supporting details) manner. (defdate)

2. (RQ:Plutarch Holland Morals)'' and ''(w)''|page=1298|lines=48–51|passage=For they who ſuppoſe that ''(w)'', that is to ſay, ''(mythology)|Pluto'', is ſaid to be the body and as it were the ſepulcher of the ſoule, as if it ſeemed to be fooliſh and drunken all the while ſhe is within it, me thinkes they doe allegorize but very baldly.

3. (quote-book) Winslow Hall|chapter=(prophet)|Amos|title=Hebrew Illumination: A Study in Essential Religion|location=London|publisher=William Daniel|The C(quote-gloss) W(quote-gloss) Daniel Co.(nb...)|page=90|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=QFdTAAAAYAAJ&q=see%C3%ABr|oclc=10353292|passage=The record of the third stage in Amos’ illumination is all too scanty. The seeër describes it so bluntly, so baldly, that one cannot help feeling disappointed. Evidently he felt that what he then saw was far beyond words; and so, with his wonted veracity, he made no attempt at description. He simply wrote, “I saw the Lord standing upon the altar and He said, ‘Smite the chapiters, that the thresholds may shake: and break them in pieces on the head of all of them, etc.” (ix. 1-10).