The quality of being slow to understand.
The quality of lacking a sharp edge or point.
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Examples for "acuteness "
Examples for "acuteness "
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 .
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.
6 Indiana's mournful head-shake seemed to deplore, in Undine, an unsuspected moral obtuseness .
7 As soon as he had taken up a business, his obtuseness vanished.
8 He thus shows his obtuseness , or his subordination to a higher power.
9 It is rather a natural obtuseness , a want of thought on the subject.
10 Ballantyne threw up his arms in despair at the obtuseness of his companion.
11 You think his monumental obtuseness suited to the dignity of the English gentleman.
12 He accepted good naturedly the customary feminine scorn for the customary masculine obtuseness .
13 He spat out the words with unspeakable impatience at my obtuseness .
14 His obtuseness was irrationally disarming and made her want to smile.
15 Then Alfred saw the truth, and wondered at his past obtuseness .
16 Such innocence combined-uponthe whole-witha certain moral obtuseness , seemed inconceivable.
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