obtusely

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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

Peter Bradshaw didn’t hold back, calling it “a pointless Hitler-spoofy YA adventure with a 12A certificate, obtusely accentuating little-kid cuteness and optimism amid the quaintly imagined non-horror” in a one-star review.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 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

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

Shell with nodulous plaits; the spire finely striated; inner lip thickened and reflected, and obtusely pointed above.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William