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- For there was one quality in Henry for which she was never prepared, however much she reminded herself of it: his obtuseness.†
Part 22 *
- Henry's inner life had long laid open to her—his intellectual confusion, his obtuseness to personal influence, his strong but furtive passions.†
Part 28
- As soon as he had taken up a business, his obtuseness vanished.†
Part 35
- Henry's obtuseness had saved her as well as himself.†
Part 38
Definitions:
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(1)
(obtuse as in: she is obtuse) slow to learn or understand
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)