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Significados de obtuseness en inglés

The quality of being slow to understand.

        The quality of lacking a sharp edge or point.

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              Examples for "dullness"
              Examples for "dullness"
              1
              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
              3
              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
              5
              Never did Pretender speculate more dully upon the dullness of the masses.
              The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
              Uso de obtuseness en inglés
              1
              He realized her prospective generosity, and contrasted it with my actual obtuseness.
              The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 5
              2
              To the long record of its obtuseness it had added another item.
              Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
              3
              To things that go too deep, one opposes the bulwark of obtuseness.
              Beyond
              4
              Mrs. Thornburgh felt a rush of inward contempt for so much obtuseness.
              Robert Elsmere
              5
              It revolted him-thisobtuseness that would not see that he hated her.
              The Dark House
              6
              Indiana's mournful head-shake seemed to deplore, in Undine, an unsuspected moral obtuseness.
              The Custom of the Country
              7
              As soon as he had taken up a business, his obtuseness vanished.
              Howards End
              8
              He thus shows his obtuseness, or his subordination to a higher power.
              Welsh Folk-Lore / a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of ...
              9
              It is rather a natural obtuseness, a want of thought on the subject.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 / A Maga...
              10
              Ballantyne threw up his arms in despair at the obtuseness of his companion.
              Witness for the Defence
              11
              You think his monumental obtuseness suited to the dignity of the English gentleman.
              Daniel Deronda
              12
              He accepted good naturedly the customary feminine scorn for the customary masculine obtuseness.
              The Gray Dawn
              13
              He spat out the words with unspeakable impatience at my obtuseness.
              Lords of the North
              14
              His obtuseness was irrationally disarming and made her want to smile.
              Tough customer: a novel
              15
              Then Alfred saw the truth, and wondered at his past obtuseness.
              Hard Cash
              16
              Such innocence combined-uponthe whole-witha certain moral obtuseness, seemed inconceivable.
              Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
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