Both Uses of
obtuse
in
The House of Mirth
- She liked their elegance, their lightness, their lack of emphasis: even the self-assurance which at times was so like obtuseness now seemed the natural sign of social ascendency.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- She had always felt that her sensibility in this direction made up for certain obtusenesses of feeling of which she was less proud; and during the last three months she had indulged it passionately.†
Chpt 2.2
Definition:
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(obtuse as in: she is obtuse) slow to learn or understand