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Meanings of so obtuse in English

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Usage of so obtuse in English
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Forgive me for being so obtuse, but what is your new job?
Childhood's End
2
I'm sorry I'm so obtuse; but at least I can learn.
The Heart of Una Sackville
3
But he was not so obtuse as to fail of seeing the near future.
Burned Bridges
4
For heaven's sake, Elisabet, how can you be so obtuse?
In every heartbeat
5
He'd never dreamt that his brother could be so obtuse.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
6
Berry wondered, for an instant, how a man so very intelligent could also be so obtuse.
Crown of Slaves
7
And through it all, so obtuse was I, that no glimmer of the truth entered my mind.
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
8
If we were not so obtuse and fleshly, we could see the quickening of light about us.
Red Fleece
9
She shrugged her shoulders as if it were vain to waste breath on so obtuse a person.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
10
We are not so obtuse as you.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
11
There, you make me say more than a woman ought, because you are so obtuse and literal.
A Laodicean : A Story of To-day
12
I'm not so obtuse but what I know them all better than any one can tell me.
Wives and Daughters
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As a matter of fact I have been so obtuse as to neglect Hill somewhat in my investigations.
The Hampstead Mystery
14
Some of the puzzles are obvious, some are downright tricky, but none are so obtuse as to be frustrating.
Wired
15
But Shortridge is so obtuse, and my Lord so self-willed and wrong-headed, that it would only make matters worse.
The Actress in High Life / An Episode in Winter Quarters
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At this time the once bright and intelligent youth had become so obtuse and stupid that he appeared almost senseless.
Plain Facts for Old and Young
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