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Meanings of slow-wittedness in English

The quality of being mentally slow and limited.

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Examples for "dumbness"
Examples for "dumbness"
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The daring anger within her was turned into the rage of dumbness.
Daniel Deronda
2
No disease comes amiss to it; it cures blindness, deadness, deafness, dumbness.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
3
It was true that Falkner developed chronic dumbness in Larry's conversational presence.
Together
4
His lean malevolent face and sunken eyes, his very dumbness chilled me.
Under the Red Robe
5
The dumbness, e.g., with which Ezekiel was afflicted for a period, iii.
Introduction to the Old Testament
1
The undergrowth and masses of sipos were here of considerable denseness.
On the Banks of the Amazon
2
But the denseness of the throng held her fixed even while revolvers flashed.
A Texas Ranger
3
And it was drawn out by His disciples' denseness and inertness.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Mark
4
The denseness of the vegetation first attracted our attention on the banks of the river.
The Adventures of a Forty-niner / An Historic Description of Cal...
5
Time and again, the Firm has responded with a breathtaking level of incompetence and denseness.
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