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- 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.1 — The Maiden (53% in)
- Marian, primed to a humorous mood, would discover the queer-shaped flints aforesaid, and shriek with laughter, Tess remaining severely obtuse.5 — The Woman Pays (77% in)
There are no more uses of "obtuse" in Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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