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obtusely

/uhb-toos, -tyoos/US // əbˈtus, -ˈtyus //UK // (əbˈtjuːs) //

钝态地,钝化地,钝的,钝化

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
    • : not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
    • : rounded at the extremity.
    • : indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.

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Examples

  • Japanese geishas and Arab sheiks are also obtusely name-checked.

  • But that's just being wrong about something, maybe even obtusely so, but it isn't lying.

  • The city marshal obtusely didn't look inside the door for visual evidences of any trouble within; he would listen to no reason.

  • When do women want the bulky, solid reasons obtusely demanded by men before they can be enemies?

  • Branches obtusely 4-sided, hairy; flowers pale lilac, in interrupted panicles, agreeably sweet-scented in late summer.

  • The neck and legs are short; the ears are likewise short, obtusely pointed, and lie close to the head.

  • Achene obtusely triangular, partly 3-celled, enclosed in the indurated calyx.