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Meanings of dullness in inglés

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torpeza

Quality of being dull; lacking a sharp edge or point.

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torpeza

The quality of being slow to understand.

A lack of visual brightness.

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Examples for "brightness"
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Hitachi says it has solved the brightness problem - thus the challenge.
Wired
2
I need to make some correlation between power used and brightness level.
Wired
3
The shade, in a word, loses in depth and gains in brightness.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881
4
How does the LED compare in terms of power, brightness and color?
Wired
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It delivers outstanding brightness, colour and detail, while also offering great functionality.
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Usage of dullness in inglés
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And there for one moment I stood in the stock-dullness of despair.
Thomas Wingfold, Curate V3
2
The absence of Patience Oriel added to the dullness of the place.
Doctor Thorne
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I know by the dullness on the glass when I rub it.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
4
Afterwards Alice often wondered at her dullness in not guessing the truth.
Muslin
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Never did Pretender speculate more dully upon the dullness of the masses.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
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It was chill; its dullness seemed to drive straight to her heart.
The Everlasting Whisper
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The quiet dullness of the lonely landscape harmonized with his own gloom.
Lady Audley's Secret
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Yet, now, in the dullness ran a faint suggestion of something sinister.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
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The Twenty-Eighth Century was boredom unendurable, the Twenty-Sixth a morass of dullness.
The Day of the Boomer Dukes
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No, no, I am not so far gone in dullness as that.
The Deerslayer
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Before long he would be given over to dullness and immitigable ennui.
The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson)
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Some learn to dull their shine, so that other's dullness can shine.
Jamaica Observer
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This is too often mistaken for dullness, and want of proper spirit.
Friends and Neighbors; Or, Two Ways of Living in the World
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She was wondering if any practical ability concealed itself behind his dullness.
The Shuttle
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Likewise dullness of mind is associated with every sin, according to Prov.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
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But gradually overcoming this physical dullness, his mind began to work again.
Maurice Guest
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Dullness through the time
Dullness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common