obtusely
Example Sentences
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But it’s telling that Leon, obtusely obsessed with his disastrous book, can’t fully embrace the amorous potential of his surroundings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
“I found this part galling, because here he is sort of obtusely reinforcing the model-minority myth and model-minority stereotypes,” said Fang, who runs the blog Reappropriate, where she writes about Asian American and feminist issues.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2019
When he tells her that Coral is owed the apology, Libby obtusely responds: “Coral is a different matter. Coral deliberately disobeyed me.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2014
McVey cravenly, or maybe just obtusely, insisted she wasn’t bothered by the Mail’s coverage because “it highlights all these wonderful women”.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2014
Involucral leaves small, appressed, concave, 2–4-cleft; perianth elongated, ovate-subulate or narrowly fusiform, obtusely triangular above, entire or denticulate.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
