"blates" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-blates.ogg
Etymology: Clipping of blatantly + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Compare obvs (“obviously”). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|blatantly}} Clipping of blatantly, {{af|en|-s<id:hypocoristic><pos:hypocoristic suffix>}} -s (hypocoristic suffix) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} blates (not comparable)
  1. (UK, slang) Blatantly; certainly, obviously. Tags: UK, not-comparable, slang
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