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
But this film, obtusely, doesn’t dramatise Ali himself, concentrating on the elderly judges, the cue for much twinkle-eyed character acting from Frank Langella and Christopher Plummer.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2020
“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
At some point the plot becomes so absurdly, obtusely dense and jargon-laden that I gave up on the specifics and just let the gist wash over me.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2018
Cross-section of perigynium circular, obtusely angled, or prominently triangular in outline.
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
