obtusely

[ UK /ɒbtjˈuːsli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a stupid manner
    he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone
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How To Use obtusely In A Sentence

  • It is larger and more dilated than pumicatus, the basal joint of the antennae is shorter, the palpi are not so obtusely truncated, and its habit and appearance quite different. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
  • Obtusely, in a country devoid of trees, the houses turned out to be prefabricated wooden boxes.
  • he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone
  • Page view page image: acerose reather more than half a line in width and very unequal in length, the greatest length being little more than half an inch, while others intermixed on every part of the bough are not more than a 1/4 in length. flat with a small longitudinal channel in the upper disk which is of a deep green and glossey, while the u [n] der disk is of a whiteish green only; two ranked, obtusely pointed, soft and flexable. this tree affords but little rosin. the cone is remarkably small not larger than the end of a man's thumb soft, flexable and of an ovate form, produced at the ends of the small twigs. Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
  • Grain is oblong, obtusely trigonous, or concavo-convex, red-brown and rugulose on the ventral side. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
  • Grain is oblong, obtusely trigonous, or concavo-convex, red-brown and rugulose on the ventral side. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
  • Very fleshy, three to ten inches high, sterile segment subsessile, borne near the middle of the plant, oblong, simple pinnate with three to eight pairs of lunate or fan-shaped divisions, obtusely crenate, the veins repeatedly forking; fertile segment panicled, two to three pinnate. The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada
  • While some was directed at the youngster for what was described as her failure to show respect for her elders, others accused the older woman of obtusely demanding piety.
  • The leaves are petiolate, the footstalk small short and oppressed; acerose reather more than half a line in width and very unequal in length, the greatest length being little more than half an inch, while others intermixed on every part of the bough are not more than a 1/4 in length. flat with a small longitudinal channel in the upper disk which is of a deep green and glossey, while the uder disk is of a whiteish green only; two ranked, obtusely pointed, soft and flexable. this tree affords but little rosin. the cone is remarkably small not larger than the end of a man's thumb soft, flexable and of an ovate form, produced at the ends of the small twigs. The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
  • Nevertheless, to be perfectly accurate, I was using the word nonplussed obtusely if not downright inccorrectly. Friday! June 26 – The Bleat.
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