Both Uses of
obtuse
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Enough that in the present case, as in millions, it was not the two halves of a perfect whole that confronted each other at the perfect moment; a missing counterpart wandered independently about the earth waiting in crass obtuseness till the late time came.†
Chpt 1 *
- Marian, primed to a humorous mood, would discover the queer-shaped flints aforesaid, and shriek with laughter, Tess remaining severely obtuse.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
slow to learn or understand