obtusely

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{a} without a point, bluntly, dully
in an obtuse manner; foolishly, stupidly; dully, bluntly
In an obtuse manner
obtusely umbonate
Having a broad and non-pointy umbo
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Of sound: deadened or muffled
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Indirect or circuitous
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Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees
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{a} not pointed, blunt, dull, flat, heavy
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of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
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An obtuse angle is between 90° and 180°. Compare acute angle. slow to understand things, in a way that is annoying (obtusus , from obtundere )
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Rounded or blunt
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Intellectually dull or dim-witted
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Blunt-pointed, terminated by a rounded end
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Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle
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{s} slow, foolish, stupid; blunt; of an angle between 90 and 180 degrees (Geometry); having blunt-tipped leaves (Botany)
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Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound
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Blunt; not sharp
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A term used to describe a rounded tip or blunt tipped artifact
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to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees
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of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex
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Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses
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adj lacking acuity of sensibility or perceptions : having neither delicate feelings nor alert awareness
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Rounded, approaching semi-circular
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Not pointed or acute; blunt; applied esp
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Blunt or rounded at the end
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Blunt
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slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
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Blunt or rounded at the apex See leaf apex drawings
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blunt, rounded at the apex
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A blade tip that is rather blunt
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blunt, not acute, usually the end of a leaf
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Someone who is obtuse has difficulty understanding things, or makes no effort to understand them. I've really been very obtuse and stupid + obtuseness ob·tuse·ness Naivety bordering on obtuseness helped sustain his faith
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angle greater than 90 degrees -- " an angle greater than 90° is called obtuse " (245)
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lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin
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Pointed with an angle greater than 90o A broad pointed apex or base
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tip broadly rounded so that inner angle of tip greater than 90º (based on Eggli)
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