obtuse
adjective
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
obtusely
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a word derived from
obtuse.
Example Sentences
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But it’s telling that Leon, obtusely obsessed with his disastrous book, can’t fully embrace the amorous potential of his surroundings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
The tiny white bistro tables and wooden chairs were just as before, knocked closely together between the venue’s obtusely angled walls, all lined with leather benches.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2021
“I found this part galling, because here he is sort of obtusely reinforcing the model-minority myth and model-minority stereotypes,” said Fang, who runs the blog Reappropriate, where she writes about Asian American and feminist issues.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2019
McVey cravenly, or maybe just obtusely, insisted she wasn’t bothered by the Mail’s coverage because “it highlights all these wonderful women”.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2014
Leaves all pectinate, the divisions linear-awl-shaped; fruit rather obtusely angled.—Sandy swamps, near the coast, Mass. to Fla. and La. 3.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
