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obtusely, adv.|əbˈtjuːslɪ| [f. obtuse a. + -ly2.] In an obtuse manner or degree (lit. or fig.); bluntly; dully; stupidly.
1611Cotgr., Obtusement, obtusely, dully, bluntly. 1765Gray Let. in Poems (1775) 295 The arches are pointed, though very obtusely. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 46 The bubonous tumour is..obtusely painful. 1851–6Woodward Mollusca 266 Valves obtusely keeled. 1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. xiv. 360 They are as obtusely blind as earth-worms. |