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Meanings of very obtuse in English

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Usage of very obtuse in English
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The gardener was very obtuse, but finally contributed one possibly important fact.
The Silent Bullet
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I fear I must seem very obtuse, but I really do not comprehend.
Elsie's Girlhood / A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Hol...
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He is a very obtuse old gentleman.
Saracinesca
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Why, you must be very obtuse.
Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. / A Weekly Jour...
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He has often said to me, How very obtuse the churches seem to be on the plain teaching of Scripture.
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler
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In shape they are elongated ovals, generally very obtuse at both ends, and many of them exhibiting cylindrical or pyriform tendencies.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
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It will be observed that the limbs are then generally slightly bent, so that they form very obtuse angles to each other.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoh...
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In shape they are typically much elongated and somewhat pyriform ovals, very obtuse at both ends; but moderately broad examples are met with.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
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At present the best known of the Lipari volcanoes is Stromboli, which consists of a single mountain, having a very obtuse conical form.
The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
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"I may be very obtuse, Holmes, but I fail to see what this suggests."
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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"Perhaps I am not so very obtuse as you fancy."
Beulah
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"The song you mentioned, of course, How very obtuse we are, all of a sudden!"
Alonzo Fitz, and Other Stories
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"I have been very obtuse, Watson," said he.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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'Well, then, he was very obtuse.'
The Heir of Redclyffe
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