— obtusely , adv. — obtuseness , n.
/euhb toohs", -tyoohs"/ , adj.
1. not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
2. not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
3. (of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
4. indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
[ 1500-10; obtusus dulled (ptp. of obtundere ), equiv. to ob- OB- + tud-, var. s. of tundere to beat + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s ]
Syn. 1. unfeeling, tactless, insensitive; blind, imperceptive, unobservant; gauche, boorish; slow, dim.