A quick and penetrating intelligence.
The quality of having a sharp edge or point.
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Examples for "obtuseness "
Examples for "obtuseness "
1 He realized her prospective generosity, and contrasted it with my actual obtuseness .
2 To the long record of its obtuseness it had added another item.
3 To things that go too deep, one opposes the bulwark of obtuseness .
4 Mrs. Thornburgh felt a rush of inward contempt for so much obtuseness .
5 It revolted him - this obtuseness that would not see that he hated her.
1 The acuteness of Touch varies materially in different parts of the body.
2 Verily, I saw in thine eyes the sign of acuteness and thought.
3 All the passionate acuteness of life seemed throbbing again in his veins.
4 Some were stupid as donkeys; but others possessed minds of surprising acuteness .
5 The senses of the matron were strung to an almost painful acuteness .
6 But this feeling varies in its acuteness from one period to another.
7 John could not help but smile at the acuteness of the question.
8 The people of Mizora, I perceived, possessed a remarkable acuteness of vision.
9 This-er-inner acuteness is accompanied by no particular interest in any one thing?
10 She divined the ardour of the Christian; perhaps the acuteness of the ecclesiastic.
11 They excel in mathematics, and in legal subtleties their acuteness is most extraordinary.
12 In the management of these various subjects, Ondegardo displays both acuteness and erudition.
13 I know your acuteness well; it cannot seem so to you, O judges.
14 It does not require any remarkable acuteness to guess the conundrum of Schiller:-
15 His acuteness and cleverness from infancy were great, especially in arithmetic and mathematics.
16 But his acuteness of mind and clearness of expression remained to the end.
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